'Willie' Acquired by ESPN, Streaming Now and Will Air on ESPN2 February 17, 2020

ESPN has acquired Willie, a documentary about the life of Willie O’Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL (featuring additional music by Paul Koch). It will be streaming Feb 1-29 exclusively on the ESPN app and will officially premiere on ESPN2 at 7pm on February 17th!

Learn more here: https://deadline.com/2020/02/espn-wille-oree-documentary-nhl-first-black-player-1202851115/

Visit the official website here: https://www.williedoc.com/

Willie O'Ree changed hockey forever on Jan. 18, 1958. In the midst of America's tumultuous fight to end Jim Crow and the birth of the civil rights movement, Willie - the descendant of escaped slaves - became the first black player to skate in a National Hockey League game.