Apple TV+ has ordered “Big Man on Campus,” a new documentary series that will tell the coming-of-age story of basketball phenom Makur Maker as he navigates the highs and lows of his freshman year college experience amidst a summer of Black Lives Matter protests and the response to COVID-19.
In 2020, basketball sensation, NBA prospect and top NCAA recruit, Makur Maker, made the decision to play college basketball for Howard University in support of historically black colleges and universities rather than join one of the many top-tier programs offering him a full ride. Balancing extraordinary pressures both on and off the court, Maker’s journey – from fleeing war-torn South Sudan to America and Howard University – has put a face on the socio-political complexities of America during this unprecedented time.
After playing in Howard’s first two games, Maker was ruled out indefinitely on November 28, 2020, due to a groin injury suffered in preseason practice.
The series is directed and executive produced by Seth Gordon, producer of “Undefeated” which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and will be produced for Apple by Exhibit A, Boardwalk Pictures and Sony Pictures Television. Nikki Calabrese, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma and Jordan Wynn also serve as executive producers alongside Gordon.
The docuseries will premiere alongside an expanding offering of unscripted films and series from award-winning storytellers on Apple TV+ including “Greatness Code,” a short-form unscripted series directed by Gotham Chopra and co-produced by Uninterrupted and Religion of Sports that spotlights untold stories from the greatest athletes in the world; a new, six-part documentary series from Box to Box Films and the World Surf League (WSL) that will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the WSL Championship Tour; “The Jet,” a new documentary series from the Emmy-nominated filmmakers of “McMillion$” that tells the compelling true story behind the “Drink Pepsi, Get Stuff” promotional campaign; “Dear…,” from Emmy and Peabody Award winner R.J. Cutler; Emmy Award-nominated docuseries “Home”; and upcoming documentary event series “The Supermodels,” from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries.
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More woke “entertainment” from Timmy.
Sorry, Chris, but they can’t get any more documentaries from Leni Riefenstahl. She died in 2003.
“Mommy, mommy! He doesn’t like anti-white brainwashing like I do! He’s a NAZI!!”
The US of KKK; where everyone flees too and risk their lives to live the merican dream; endure systematic oppression of life inside the impenetrable boarder walls.
Still waiting for that Apple TV documentary series that shines the social justice light on the criminal genocide, organ harvesting, slave labor and torture on over 3 million ethnic/religious minorities in China. Estimated 65,000 prisoners of concise are murder each year to have their organs cut out and sold for profit … and yet Mercia is the racist hell hole that needs a Savin. Thank you Apple for the balance and perspective;
almost makes apples 35% percent profit margin seem like you guys do charity work. Thank the gods that Apple is standing up against the evils of the world.