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CP3 to narrate ESPN Film Event 'Black Magic'
Samuel L. Jackson, Wynton Marsalis and Chris Paul to Narrate “Black Magic” on ESPN March 2008
“Black Magic” - From Award-Winning Filmmaker Dan Klores -
to air on ESPN March 16-17, 2008, Immediately Following NCAA Selection Coverage
ESPN, in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Dan Klores (The Boys of Second Street Park, Viva Baseball, Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story and Crazy Love), has announced that Academy Award Nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson, jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and New Orleans Hornets star point guard Chris Paul will narrate the upcoming film event, “Black Magic.”
The commercial free, two-part four-hour film will be televised in primetime Sunday and Monday, March 16 and 17 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. Part One will air immediately following the network’s ESPNU Bracketology show (analyzing the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament selections), and Part Two will be televised after the network’s exclusive live announcement of the 64-team NCAA Women's Tournament on Selection Monday.
Directed by Klores and Co-produced by Klores and basketball legend and Winston-Salem State University graduate Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, “Black Magic” tells the story of the injustice which characterized the Civil Rights Movement in America, as told through the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The film will receive extensive support across a variety of ESPN networks and media platforms with more details to be released in the coming months.
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CP3 to narrate ESPN Film Event 'Black Magic'
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