Unruly.The show will be split into six parts, and has been described by Variety as “an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling of Johnson’s life.The statement added: “The first ever Black heavyweight boxing champion, the show would follow Johnson’s rise to greatness and the costs he paid for his skin color and defiance.”The series will be based based on the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, and will see Dominique Morisseau serve as writer and executive producer.Ali will also have an executive producer credit, alongside Tom Hanks and Ken Burns, who produced and directed Unforgivable Blackness.The actor had previously played Johnson on the stage, in a theatrical production of The Great White.
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