The Greatest Athlete of All Time is… Native? 👀💥
Yup — from Executive Producers LeBron James and Maverick Carter comes 'Jim Thorpe: Lit By Lightning', a brilliant new documentary directed by Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Dark Winds). 🎬🏅
If you don’t already know, his name is Jim Thorpe, born Wa-Tho-Huk (“Bright Path”) of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. He was also Potawatomi and Kickapoo on his mother’s side.
Thorpe was an Olympic gold medalist, a professional baseball and football player, and the first president of the NFL — a once-in-a-century athlete whose dominance still hasn’t been matched. 🏆💥
The documentary premieres Monday, July 7 on the
@history channel, followed by a special screening at the Get Indigenous Film Festival during
@santafeindianmarket on Thursday, August 14. 🍿🎥
Are y’all excited for this? What did you think of the trailer? And how powerful is it to see
@kingjames backing another Indigenous-led project? 💭⤵️
(via
@history,
@uninterrupted)
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