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Mahershala Ali To Play Boxing Icon Jack Johnson In HBO Limited Series

01.07.2020 - 21:29

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Unruly is a six-part limited series for HBO, based on Ken Burns’ PBS documentary, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and Geoffrey C.

Ward’s companion book.“This bold exploration depicts the champion’s rise to athletic greatness and the costs he paid for his skin and defiance, which created a blueprint for Black resistance in every justice movement for generations to come,” an official synopsis reads.Ali has already played Johnson for the play, The Great White Hope, so he’s no stranger to the late boxer’s story.

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