LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted to Executive Produce Doc On Sports Legend Carl Lewis
Award-winning production, distribution and technology company Noah Media Group today offered an insight into the projects that it will finance, develop and produce under its recently announced, inaugural content fund.
Up first is a feature documentary on the sporting and cultural icon - former track and field champion, Carl Lewis, which will be executive produced by UNINTERRUPTED, the multi-Emmy Award-winning athlete empowerment brand founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter.
In a record-breaking career spanning 18 years, Carl Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals in track and field and was voted ‘Sportsman of the Century’ by the International Olympic Committee and ‘Olympian of the Century’ by Sports Illustrated.
Currently in production, the project will explore the man behind the medals, with exclusive access to his family, closest friends and a vast, unseen archive. The film will show the transformational impact Lewis’s career had – both in his sport and in wider society. This is set against a contemporary narrative as Lewis, now a coach and politically engaged, confronts issues around his country’s future.
The film will be co-directed by award-winning filmmaker and Noah Media Group’s co-founder Gabriel Clarke (Finding Jack Charlton, McQueen: The Man & Le Mans) & Chris Hay (All Around). LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron will executive produce for UNINTERRUPTED.
Gabriel Clarke said: “We are absolutely delighted to be partnering with Carl to tell his timely and important story. The aim has always been to capture the true scale of his sporting and cultural impact, making LeBron, Maverick and the brilliant UNINTERRUPTED team the ideal production team-mates.”
Cinetic Media will be representing the Carl Lewis film for worldwide sales, alongside Noah Media Group's international sales team