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Colin Kaepernick is one of few names in professional sports that many, many people who don't otherwise much care about football (or sports at all for that matter) know. Kaepernick was, at one point, one of the most promising quarterbacks in the NFL, taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, with the team losing to the Baltimore Ravens. Even so, Kaepernick appeared to be a rising star in the sport.
Then everything changed.
Kaepernick started taking a knee during the National Anthem at games as a form of peaceful protest to bring awareness to racial injustice in America. It became a gigantic story that extended well beyond the world of sports, making Kaepernick a target for conservatives and...
Colin Kaepernick is one of few names in professional sports that many, many people who don't otherwise much care about football (or sports at all for that matter) know. Kaepernick was, at one point, one of the most promising quarterbacks in the NFL, taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, with the team losing to the Baltimore Ravens. Even so, Kaepernick appeared to be a rising star in the sport.
Then everything changed.
Kaepernick started taking a knee during the National Anthem at games as a form of peaceful protest to bring awareness to racial injustice in America. It became a gigantic story that extended well beyond the world of sports, making Kaepernick a target for conservatives and...
- 8/26/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The documentary “Kaepernick & America,” which examines the remarkable conflict stirred by former NFL star Colin Kaepernick’s sideline protest, will begin streaming on demand on Fri. Sept. 2.
Directed by Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow, the documentary made its debut at Tribeca as one of the film festival’s online premieres.
In a statement, Walker explained he was personally captivated the Kaepernick saga and what insights they gleaned about America’s ongoing racial turmoil as they explored the intersection between his protest in the summer of 2016 and the widespread reactions they spurred.
“The film we have made seeks to discover the parallels between the life and activism of Colin Kapaernick and the tumultuous and divisive factors that have colored America’s racial divide,” Walker stated. “It is only partly about Kaepernick, as it actually reveals more about America, the land that reacted so profoundly to such a simple gesture.”
He continued:...
Directed by Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow, the documentary made its debut at Tribeca as one of the film festival’s online premieres.
In a statement, Walker explained he was personally captivated the Kaepernick saga and what insights they gleaned about America’s ongoing racial turmoil as they explored the intersection between his protest in the summer of 2016 and the widespread reactions they spurred.
“The film we have made seeks to discover the parallels between the life and activism of Colin Kapaernick and the tumultuous and divisive factors that have colored America’s racial divide,” Walker stated. “It is only partly about Kaepernick, as it actually reveals more about America, the land that reacted so profoundly to such a simple gesture.”
He continued:...
- 8/5/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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Every few years, a certain segment of America remembers racism. The news jerks them out of a fabricated post-racial stupor and inspires a bundle of emotions: guilt, anxiety, fury. What they do with these feelings often becomes more the subject of headlines and analysis than the precipitating event.
It’s a curious cycle, one that Tommy Walker (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, God Grew Tired of Us) and Ross Hockrow try to make sense of in their elementary documentary Kaepernick & America. Their earnest efforts might turn off viewers already attuned to the cycles of America’s racial amnesia, but the doc works as a primer for the uninitiated.
At this point, most people are familiar with the vague outlines of Colin Kaepernick’s story, but when the NFL quarterback began protesting police brutality in the summer of 2016, few noticed. It wasn’t...
Every few years, a certain segment of America remembers racism. The news jerks them out of a fabricated post-racial stupor and inspires a bundle of emotions: guilt, anxiety, fury. What they do with these feelings often becomes more the subject of headlines and analysis than the precipitating event.
It’s a curious cycle, one that Tommy Walker (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, God Grew Tired of Us) and Ross Hockrow try to make sense of in their elementary documentary Kaepernick & America. Their earnest efforts might turn off viewers already attuned to the cycles of America’s racial amnesia, but the doc works as a primer for the uninitiated.
At this point, most people are familiar with the vague outlines of Colin Kaepernick’s story, but when the NFL quarterback began protesting police brutality in the summer of 2016, few noticed. It wasn’t...
- 6/11/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- New York's N.S. Bienstock, the news talent agency, has added Rick Ramage to its list of agents.
Ramage comes to Bienstock from Ken Lindner & Associates, where he worked for nine years in various capacities including executive vp. He will move from Los Angeles to New York.
Ramage's clients at Lindner included WCBS-TV anchor Kristine Johnson, NBC's Today co-host Natalie Morales and Fox Sports' Pam Oliver, among others. It wasn't immediately clear how many of Ramage's clients would move with him.
He will join a company that has had a long track record in representing the top network and local TV talent in the news business. Ramage joins Bienstock president Richard Leibner, lead local TV agent Peter Goldberg and the rest of the staff.
Before becoming an agent, Ramage won Emmys as a producer and assignment editor at KTLA-TV Los Angeles. Leibner said that Ramage was a "perfect addition" to the team and makes the company's agent business that much stronger.
Ramage comes to Bienstock from Ken Lindner & Associates, where he worked for nine years in various capacities including executive vp. He will move from Los Angeles to New York.
Ramage's clients at Lindner included WCBS-TV anchor Kristine Johnson, NBC's Today co-host Natalie Morales and Fox Sports' Pam Oliver, among others. It wasn't immediately clear how many of Ramage's clients would move with him.
He will join a company that has had a long track record in representing the top network and local TV talent in the news business. Ramage joins Bienstock president Richard Leibner, lead local TV agent Peter Goldberg and the rest of the staff.
Before becoming an agent, Ramage won Emmys as a producer and assignment editor at KTLA-TV Los Angeles. Leibner said that Ramage was a "perfect addition" to the team and makes the company's agent business that much stronger.
- 12/5/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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