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CROWN features iconic athletes -- past and present -- whose hair styles changed the game and helped Black Americans live authentically by embracing their hair. Featured interviews include NBA Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving, three-time Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, seven-time WNBA All-Star and WNBA champion Nneka Ogwumike, three-time NBA champion A.C. Green, NFL Hall of Famer Edgerrin James and three-time NFL All-Pro and Super Bowl champion Tyrann Mathieu. Interviewees also include Minnesota state representative Esther Agbaje; 10-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony; six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler; 2021 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Tournament champion Haley Jones; Bill Reilly, the third Black player in the NHL; and 13-year NBA veteran Jalen Rose. The film features Andrew Johnson, a former high school wrestler who was forced to cut his locs prior to taking the mat in a 2018 video that went viral. Johnson tells the story of the incident that helped sparked a movement leading to the CROWN Act, a bill that prohibits racial discrimination based on hair style or texture in the workplace and schools.
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Sarah Kazadi-Ndoye

Director

Nate Burleson

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Julius Erving

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Nneka Ogwumike

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A.C. Green

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Synopsis CROWN features iconic athletes -- past and present -- whose hair styles changed the game and helped Black Americans live authentically by embracing their hair. Featured interviews include NBA Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving, three-time Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, seven-time WNBA All-Star and WNBA champion Nneka Ogwumike, three-time NBA champion A.C. Green, NFL Hall of Famer Edgerrin James and three-time NFL All-Pro and Super Bowl champion Tyrann Mathieu. Interviewees also include Minnesota state representative Esther Agbaje; 10-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony; six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler; 2021 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Tournament champion Haley Jones; Bill Reilly, the third Black player in the NHL; and 13-year NBA veteran Jalen Rose. The film features Andrew Johnson, a former high school wrestler who was forced to cut his locs prior to taking the mat in a 2018 video that went viral. Johnson tells the story of the incident that helped sparked a movement leading to the CROWN Act, a bill that prohibits racial discrimination based on hair style or texture in the workplace and schools.
Director
Sarah Kazadi-Ndoye
Distributor
CBS Sports Network
Genre
Documentary, Sports
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2023