Review of Colin in Black & White

Whether you love him, hate him, or don't know anything about him...this limited series has as many touchdowns as it does fumbles. (See what I did there). The acting is perfectly fine, the photography is good, but young Colin was no where near convincing as a top level high school athlete. The kid just didn't have it. The visual storytelling was creative and fresh, but the story itself was too over the top with its racism. Not in the sense that it was hard to watch, but that it was simply unbelievable. Squeezing ever little bit of adversity and racism as they could, it just felt too much. But the message behind his life is powerful, and if you strip away the person and the name, and look at it as a human story...it's great. And I'm not fan of Kap at all, but I did find this to be a worthy watch if you want to feel some motivational power grow within. Happy viewing friends.