ESPN Films Presents 'Black Magic' - Sunday, March 16th & Monday, 17th, 2008@ 9pm/ET

ESPN Black Magic site: espnblackmagic.secondthought.com

Black Magic Soundtrack (Various Artists) info from Rhino Records:

Rhino Records' all-star soundtrack for director Dan Klores' (Crazy Love) new film BLACK MAGIC creates a stirring musical companion for the documentary, which examines the civil rights movement of the 1960s through the thoughts and remembrances of basketball coaches and players active at historically black colleges during the era. Evoking this time of sweeping societal change are classic soul and R&B recordings by legendary artists including Ray Charles, Arthur Conley, Earth, Wind & Fire, Booker T. & The MGs, Wilson Pickett, Tower Of Power and others.



Jazz icon Wynton Marsalis, actor Samuel L. Jackson and the NBA's Chris Paul provide narration for BLACK MAGIC, which premieres in two parts on ESPN immediately following NCAA selection coverage on March 16-17, 2008. Among those interviewed are coaches Bobby Cremins and John Chaney, player/coach Avery Johnson, players Ben Wallace and Charles Oakley and historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates. The film is produced by former New York Knick Earl “the Pearl” Monroe and Dan Klores, whose previous sports-themed films include documentaries on boxer Emile Griffith (Ring Of Fire) and baseball in Latin America (Viva Baseball).