O.J.: Made in America — Trailer

added: Fri, Apr 8th '16

If the 10-part "The People vs. O. J. Simpson" miniseries wasn't enough for ya -- well, get ready to hold on to your butts! Because ESPN is going to offer the ultimate O. J. Simpson biography this summer with a seven-and-a-half-hour documentary that's set to air over five consecutive nights in June.

Directed by acclaimed sports documentarian Ezra Edelman, "O.J.: Made in America," which is billed as a special "30 for 30" presentation event, will not only chronicle the much publicized and much-debated O. J. murder trial but also his record-breaking college and professional football career and cultural status as a once idolized L.A. celebrity. The film, like the recently aired dramatized miniseries, will also deal with the racial politics of America's history and the racial tensions that surrounded the infamous court case.

ESPN Films will premiere the first episode of "O.J.: Made in America" on the ABC network on Saturday, June 11. It will then re-air that first opening episode, along with the other four episodes on ESPN starting June 14.

synopsis:
The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson, from his days growing up in San Francisco to his 2008 conviction for robbery, which came 13 years to the day after his acquittal for the murders of his of his wife, Nicole Brown, and Ronald Goldman, in a trial that polarized the country.

directed by Ezra Edelman

release date June 11, 2016 (premiere on ABC), June 14, 2016 (airing on ESPN)