Civil rights activist and former NFL participant Colin Kaepernick mentioned on Twitter Thursday that he is "grateful" to collaborate with "the legend" Spike Lee on an upcoming docuseries that will inform the previous quarterback's story "from his perspective."

Kaepernick, 34, performed elements of six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers by way of 2016. Nevertheless, he's most notably identified for his activism on and off the sphere, together with kneeling on the sidelines in the course of the singing of the nationwide anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality, a controversial motion that some, together with Kaepernick, consider led to him being blacklisted from the NFL.

Kaepernick's protest impressed quite a few different NFL gamers and athletes in different leagues to take related stances in 2017. The motion got here to a head on September 24 of that 12 months with a full Sunday slate of NFL video games that noticed over 200 gamers both kneel in protest or sit out of the sport.

Following his closing season with the 49ers, Kaepernick turned a free agent. Nevertheless, he was not signed or picked up by every other groups and has not performed NFL soccer since then. On the time, many NFL analysts famous that Kaepernick's lack of ability to search out one other crew was seemingly as a result of backlash from his protesting. That is regardless of many NFL coaches reportedly nonetheless contemplating him a beginning quarterback within the league behind closed doorways.

Kaepernick himself filed a lawsuit towards the NFL, arguing that crew house owners had been "colluding" to maintain him from signing with one other crew as a result of his outspoken nature. He finally settled this lawsuit in 2019 with the league for an undisclosed quantity.

"It is time for the narrative to be corrected," Kaepernick mentioned in his tweet.

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Colin Kaepernick said that he was "grateful" to filmmaker Spike Lee for serving to him inform his story in an upcoming docuseries. Right here, Kaepernick and Lee may be seen sitting collectively throughout an NBA sport in February. Wealthy Graessle/Getty

Prior to now, Kaepernick has given solely restricted interviews on his civil rights activism. ESPN famous in a press launch asserting the undertaking that he has "by no means given a full, first-person account of his journey."

Spike Lee is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker identified for steering films that discover complicated racial and social points and has helmed broadly acclaimed movies like Malcolm X and BlackKkKlansman.

ESPN said that Lee "plans to make use of in depth new interviews and an unlimited never-before-seen archive to assist Kaepernick inform his story from his perspective."

Whereas principal manufacturing has begun, it's unclear what number of elements the docuseries will entail, or how lengthy every episode might be. A launch date for the function has not but been introduced.

Along with Lee, sports activities journalist Jamele Hill can be a producer on the docuseries. Hill is a former ESPN tv commentator and at the moment serves as a workers author at The Atlantic.

Lee was requested by Newsweek how he plans to assist Kaepernick inform his story by way of the docuseries. He replied, by way of his publicist, with a single phrase: "Skillfully."

Newsweek has additionally reached out to Colin Kaepernick's agent for remark.