ESPN has acquired U.S. rights and Canadian rights 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 a league outside North America, a pan-African professional basketball league in partnership with FIBA featuring 12 top club teams from across Africa’s 54 countries competing in a caravan format.

Tebogo Malope co-directed with Brown. The other executive producers are Masai Ujiri, Akin Omotoso ( Rise ), and Fisher Stevens ( Beckham ). The series is produced by Richard Brown’s Passenger and Fremantle, who are handling global sales

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