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PEACOCK'S FOUR-PART DOCUSERIES "FIELD GENERALS: HISTORY OF THE BLACK QUARTERBACK DEBUTS ON FEB. 5. |
Compiled By: Lana K. Wilson-Combs
N2Entertainment.net
Peacock's excellent and new four-part sports docuseries, "Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback," premieres Feb. 5.
The docu-series is executive produced by NBC Sports' Maria Taylor, and offers an in-depth look at the history of Black quarterbacks' contributions to professional football in America. It will stream on Peacock each Thursday over four weeks.
"Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback" documents the stories of the trailblazing and pioneering quarterbacks who transformed the game, from the AFL-NFL merger through the turn of the century.
By placing their journeys in full historical and social context, the series reveals how politics, culture, and race shaped both their struggles and their triumphs.
Featured interviews with former and current quarterbacks include James "Shack" Harris, Warren Moon, Doug Williams, Randall Cunningham, Vince Evans, Chuck Ealey, Rodney Peete, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Lamar Jackson, in addition to Michael Wilbon, Rich McKay, Joe Gibbs, Michael Eric Dyson, Jayne Kennedy, Bomani Jones, Michael Beschloss, Bob Costas and more.
"Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback" is produced by Broadway Video, West Cedar Lane Productions and Magic Lemonade Productions in association with NFL Films.
Maria Taylor, Michael Yarvitz, Bill Wolff, Andrew Singer and Eddie Michaels are executive producers. Rikki Hughes serves as both director and executive producer. Jessica Boddy, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers and Ross Ketover are executive producers for NFL Films.
IN OTHER TV NEWS:
Netflix announced the March 6 premiere of "The TikTok Killer," the new Netflix docuseries produced by iZen Documentaries, with Arantza Sanchez (Grupo iZen), Cesar Marti (NewCo), and Santi Aguado (CAPA).
In 2023, Esther Estepa, a 42-year-old woman, disappears in Spain after a trip during which she crossed paths with a social media content creator. With no answers, her family and those close to her begin their own search, retracing Esther's final steps through messages, videos, and other digital traces that remain available even after her disappearance. The story unfolds through that digital footprint, which becomes one of the few sources to shed light on what happened.
Directed by Hector Muniente, the two-episode documentary miniseries draws on archival footage and interviews with those closest to Esther to tell an intimate, fragmented investigation one marked by uncertainty, where the digital world serves as an inadvertent archive of a real story that centers on the search for answers by those who knew her.
MORE ABOUT THE TIKTOK KILLER:
When Esther vanishes without a trace, her family is able to piece together her last movements thanks to Jose Jurado Montilla, a traveler who journeys across Spain sharing heartfelt videos of his trips on his TikTok account. But "Dynamite" Montilla-- the last person to have been with Esther--hides a dark past.
ABOUT IZEN DOCUMENTARIES:
iZen is part of the international Studio TF1 group, one of Europe's leading media groups. With more than 25 years of experience, iZen is one of Spain's largest independent production groups, comprising CAPA Espana, NewCo Audiovisual, Zebra Producciones, BocaBoca, EuroTV Producciones, Hill Valley, Indalo y Media, and Proima Zebrastur.
The group produces more than 9,784 hours of content each year for national and regional broadcasters, as well as for international platforms, spanning documentary, scripted series, entertainment, factual programming, digital formats, and feature films.
In addition, iZen has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom--Clapperboard and Storyboard -which are part of the group and strengthen its global positioning.
Editor's Note: Information used in this report obtained from Peacock and Netflix publicity departments.
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