{"id":50275,"date":"2023-01-15T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/bill-russell-legend-nba-netflix-documentary-to-release-in-february-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T19:50:17","slug":"bill-russell-legend-nba-netflix-documentary-to-release-in-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/bill-russell-legend-nba-netflix-documentary-to-release-in-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bill Russell: Legend&#8217; NBA Netflix Documentary To Release in February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_486736\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486736\" data-dominant-color=\"a79685\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a79685;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-486736 size-full\" title=\"bill russell legend documentary sets february 2023 release date\" alt=\"bill russell legend documentary sets february 2023 release date\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-1280x720.webp 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-jpg.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486736\" data-dominant-color=\"a79685\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a79685;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-486736 size-full\" title=\"bill russell legend documentary sets february 2023 release date\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-jpg.webp\" alt=\"bill russell legend documentary sets february 2023 release date\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bill-russell-legend-documentary-sets-february-2023-release-date-1280x720.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Russell: Legend \u2013 Picture: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Netflix has set a February 2023 launch date for considered one of its most anticipated upcoming sports activities documentaries that discover the life and profession of the well-known NBA champion, coach, and civil rights activist Bill Russell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The documentary, now titled <em>Bill Russell: Legend<\/em>, will arrive on Netflix globally on February eighth, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It involves Netflix virtually precisely a yr after Netflix initially introduced it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/news\/nba-bill-russell-documentary-headed-to-netflix\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in February 2022<\/a>. Back then, they offered the next synopsis for the forthcoming doc:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe definitive bio-doc on NBA Legend Bill Russell, the greatest champion in the history of American sports, and a true Civil Rights icon. From the humblest of beginnings, Russell went on to lead each and every one of his basketball teams to Championships \u2014 two California State High School Championships, two back-to-back NCAA titles, a Gold Medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, and 11 championship titles in his thirteen-year career as a Boston Celtic (his last two as the first Black Head Coach in NBA history, while still playing for the Celtics). Bill\u2019s story is innately and uniquely intertwined with the 75-year history of the NBA, and the story of America\u2019s last 8 decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A brand new synopsis can now be discovered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/netflix.com\/title\/81644531\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Netflix web page for the documentary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWinningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this biographical documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_460250\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460250\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460250 size-full\" alt=\"bill russell doc nba\" width=\"900\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bill-russell-doc-nba.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460250\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460250 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bill-russell-doc-nba.jpg\" alt=\"bill russell doc nba\" width=\"900\" height=\"590\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-460250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1987: Head coach Bill Russell of the Sacrament Kings (second from left) throughout a Kings recreation versus the Golden State Warriors. (Photo by Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sam Pollard is directing <em>Bill Russell: Legend<\/em> for Netflix. Spike Lee as soon as described Pollard as a \u201cmaster filmmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent initiatives from the filmmaker embrace<em> Citizen Ashe<\/em>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/dec\/12\/citizen-ashe-review-arthur-ashe-documentary-tennis-civil-rights-wimbledon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">HBO Max<\/a> documentary launched in December 2021, <em>MLK\/FBI<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Mr. Soul!<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Black Art: In the Absence of Light<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Maynard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_460252\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460252\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460252 size-full\" alt=\"sam pollar documentary director\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sam-pollar-documentary-director.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460252\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sam-pollar-documentary-director.jpg\" alt=\"sam pollar documentary director\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-460252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Sam Pollard \u2013 Photo by John Lamparski\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lawrence Gordon, Ross Greenburg, Mike Richardson, and Charles Rosenzweig function\u00a0govt producers on the documentary with a TV-MA score.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publishing, a trailer for the doc had but to be launched, and we\u2019ll replace this submit as and when it will get launched by Netflix.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Netflix can be presently engaged on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/coming-soon\/sports-documentaries-coming-to-netflix-in-2023-and-beyond-01-2023\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slew of different documentaries within the sports activities world<\/a> to assist them rival the likes of ESPN, which is famend for its library of sports activities documentaries.<\/p>\n<p>For extra on what\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/coming-soon\/whats-coming-to-netflix-in-february-2023-01-10\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming to Netflix within the United States<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/coming-soon\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elsewhere in February 2023<\/a>, hold it locked right here on What\u2019s on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Are you wanting ahead to the brand new Bill Russell documentary coming quickly to Netflix? Let us know within the feedback down under.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bill Russell: Legend \u2013 Picture: Netflix Netflix has set a February 2023 launch date for considered one of its most anticipated upcoming sports activities documentaries that discover the life and profession of the well-known NBA champion, coach, and civil rights activist Bill Russell. The documentary, now titled Bill Russell: Legend, will arrive on Netflix [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-netflix"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}