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Colin Kaepernick celebrates the young man playing him in Netflix series

Colin Kaepernick is celebrating the young man who’s been cast to play him in Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix limited series about his life called Colin in Black & White. Colin…

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Colin Kaepernick is celebrating the young man who's been cast to play him in Ava DuVernay's new Netflix limited series about his life called Colin in Black & White.

Colin shared his excitement on Twitter about the casting of Jaden Michael.

https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1321105257053720576

Colin and Ava announced the project in June. It'll be a six-episode limited series written by Michael Starrbury who worked with Ava on her Netflix series When They See Us.

Michael responded to Kaepernick’s praise on Twitter, saying that he was honored to be given the opportunity to portray the activist in the series.

https://twitter.com/ItsJadenMichael/status/1321115422599598080

 

Netflix hasn't announce a release date yet for “Colin in Black & White.”

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