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      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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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