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Cineflix Productions has partnered with six-time NBA MVP and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his longtime business partner Deborah Morales for The Pioneers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The four-part docuseries will detail the off-the-court story behind basketball\u2019s racial integration, beginning with the Boston Celtics\u2019 second-round selection of Chuck Cooper during the 1950 NBA draft. Cooper\u2019s pick was met with severe pushback, but it also opened the doors for other Black players to make the league, including Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton.<\/p>\n

The production team will have unprecedented access to the Chuck Cooper Foundation and its archives, as well as the backroom maneuvering in the battle for justice, including in-depth interviews the sport\u2019s leading luminaries. Abdul-Jabbar, who holds the record as the longest standing activist athlete, will also be interviewed on camera to frame the nature of basketball\u2019s story through time.<\/p>\n

The Pioneers<\/em> is being produced by Cineflix Productions, with executive producers J.C. Mills, president and head of content at Cineflix Productions; Abdul-Jabbar; Morales, who works at Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment; Robin Keats; and Michael Harris.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsaac Newton wrote, \u2018If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,\u2019\u201d Abdul-Jabbar said. \u201cCooper, Lloyd and Clifton are some of the giants whose shoulders I stood on to be able to have the career and life I have had. I pay grateful homage to them every time I fight for social justice for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first looked at the stories of Cooper, Lloyd and Clifton, it struck us how little we all knew about these three incredible trailblazers, and we weren\u2019t alone,\u201d said Mills. \u201cThe Pioneers will pay homage to these game-changers and their successors, who, against all odds, have braved racism while propelling themselves to stardom. We are honored to have one of those successors, NBA legend and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as a part of this project to give us the play by play as he experienced it firsthand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morales commented, \u201cIt\u2019s important to me that we celebrate the people in history who sacrificed so much so that others could live their dreams. Part of celebrating them is to make sure they don\u2019t get lost in a climate that is trying to erase the achievements of people of color. That\u2019s why I am so committed to this project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evolution of the NBA uniquely mirrors that of the country from the 1950s through today,\u201d noted Keats, who brought the project to Cineflix with Harris. Harris\u2019 father Chris was a close friend and teammate of Cooper\u2019s on the St. Louis Hawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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