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Barack Obama, J. Cole & Steph Curry To Feature In Documentary About Basketball Africa League


Barack Obama, J. Cole and Steph Curry are set for a Basketball Africa League doc from Fremantle.

A hot lineup including Barack Obama, Steph Curry and hip hop star J. Cole are to feature in the long-gestating Fremantle documentary about the African basketball league. Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League was first announced nearly three years ago and counts Beckham director and Succession star Fisher Stevens amongst its EPs, while it is exec produced, written and co-directed by Richard Brown ( True Detective). “From the beginning it was clear that the launch of a Pan African Sports League consisting of 12 teams from 12 countries across the most diverse continent in the world presented an exciting opportunity for a thrilling documentary series,” said Brown and co-director Tebogo Malope.

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