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AMNA NAWAZ: Well, the acclaimed film director Ava DuVernay, who's behind projects including "The 13th," "When They See Us," and "Selma," is now the force behind a powerful new series.It's called "Colin in Black & White," available today on Netflix. And it tells the coming-of-age story of a young Colin Kaepernick, years before he became a quarterback in the NFL and a leader in the fight for racial justice.I sat down with DuVernay and the show's young star this week to discuss what the series teaches us about Kaepernick and what it reveals about us as a society for our arts and culture series, Canvas.

COLIN KAEPERNICK, Former National Football League Player: Since the day I was born, my passion, my love was being in a quarterback.

AMNA NAWAZ:It's the story of a young Colin Kaepernick in his own words, the years before he went on to quarterback the University of Nevada team, before he led the San Francisco 49ers for six seasons, and before his historic sideline protests against racial injustice.The real Kaepernick narrates looking back at young Colin, played by 18-year-old actor Jaden Michael.

COLIN KAEPERNICK: What you start out as is not necessarily what you become.

AMNA NAWAZ: The idea to focus on his early years, and serve as guide of his own story, was Kaepernick's himself, DuVernay told me when we met up at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this week.2017, Colin Kaepernick comes to you and says, I want to tell my origin story.I want to tell the story of my adolescent years, of how I became to be the person I am today.What does he say to you?

AVA DUVERNAY, Director/Screenwriter:

It was a conversation amongst people who felt connected by certain issues that we both are in agreement with, issues of justice and dignity for all. And so, really, I think what he was saying was that he wanted to express himself in a way that allowed people to enter into his story without -- outside the sphere of politics. Maybe the most innocent entry point is that of young people.And so I thought that was wise.At the moment, I wasn't sure what he was trying to do, and I wasn't sure if I was the right person for it.

AMNA NAWAZ: Yet, as he told her about his early life, being a biracial kid who was adopted by two white parents...

ACTOR: You two good?

NICK OFFERMAN, Actor: Fine, thanks.

JADEN MICHAEL, Actor: Yes, I'm good too.

AMNA NAWAZ: ... growing up in a primarily white town, and struggling with a place that didn't regard him as black, she decided:

AVA DUVERNAY:All those things became really interesting to me as a springboard into larger conversations about race, identity, respectability, privilege. So that's what we did.

AMNA NAWAZ: The unusual blend of documentary, narrative, a graphic sensibility was her call.

AVA DUVERNAY: The opportunity was to take the story and kind of scramble it up using different formats, different styles to activate something new.

AMNA NAWAZ: Part of that something new was taking a chance on casting Jaden Michael, unknown to most of the audience.