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EXCLUSIVE: Jerry West, nan erstwhile LA Laker who is wide considered 1 of nan NBA greats, is getting nan documentary treatment.
Amazon has ordered Jerry West: The Logo, a feature-length doc astir Mr. Clutch, who died successful 2024.
It marks nan documentary directing debut of Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, who has antecedently produced docs earlier specified arsenic Netflix’s Civil: Ben Crump and Blood Brothers: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, but has ne'er helmed 1 before.
The doc, which is produced by Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society and Propagate, will trace nan life and profession of West and will premiere connected April 16.
West is possibly champion known connected nan tribunal for his buzzer-beater 60-foot changeable that tied crippled 3 of nan 1970 NBA finals against nan New York Knicks. He was elected to nan NBA All-Star ream 14 times and won a title successful 1972. He went connected to coach nan Lakers for 3 years, earlier becoming wide manager.
Jerry West: The Logo will characteristic what would go West’s last interviews. It will analyse “the value of greatness and nan man who paid it” arsenic nan notoriously backstage West opens up astir his struggles pinch depression, nan matrimony that crumbled nether nan weight of his obsession, his analyzable narration pinch fatherhood, and nan persistent emotion of being an outsider.
It will besides includes interviews pinch friends, family members, teammates, and colleagues specified arsenic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O’Neal, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and West’s ain woman and respective of his children.
Barris besides produces pinch Mychelle Deschamps and Hale Rothstein exec producing for Khalabo Ink Society, alongside Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Drew Buckley, Isabel San Vargas, and Linh Le of Propagate, and Steven Leckart and E Brian Dobbins.
