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ESPN Acquires U.S. Rights To Feature Doc ‘Origin: The Story Of The Basketball Africa League’ Starring Barack Obama & Steph Curry – TIFF

The docuseries highlights the NBA's partnership with FIBA to launch the BAL, featuring 12 teams from across Africa and insights from notable figures like Barack Obama and Stephen Curry.

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ESPN has acquired U.S. rights and Bell Media the Canadian ones to the feature documentary Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League, which debuts this afternoon at the Toronto Film Festival. Executive produced, written, and co-directed by Richard Brown (True Detective), Origin documents the creation and launch of the NBA’s first collaboration to operate […]

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Deadline broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, September 8, 2025.
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