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Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): June 24, 2022

Summary: Audiences have never seen a story like that of the Antetokounmpos. After emigrating from Nigeria to Greece, Charles and Vera Antetokounmpo (Dayo Okeniyi and Yetide Badaki, respectively) struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. With their oldest son still in Nigeria with relatives, the couple were desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but found themselves undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn. When they weren’t selling items to tourists on the streets of Athens with the rest of the family, the brothers – Giannis (Uche Agada) and Thanasis (Ral Agada) – would play basketball with a local youth team. Latecomers to the sport, they discovered their great abilities on the basketball court and worked hard to become world class athletes, along with brother, Kostas (Jaden Osimuwa). With the help of an agent, Giannis entered the NBA Draft in 2013 in a long shot prospect that would change not only his life but the life of his entire family. And last season, Giannis and Thanasis helped bring the Milwaukee Bucks their first championship ring in 50 years, while Kostas played for the previous season champs, the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Rating:	Rated PG for thematic elements and brief language.
Production:	Walt Disney Pictures
Genres:	Biography, Drama, Sport
Country:	US
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Akin Omotoso	Director

Writer	Credit
Arash Amel	Written By

Principal Cast	Credit
Dayo Okeniyi	Charles Antetokounmpo
Jake Schwencke	NBA Scout
Lina Patsiou	Nurse #1
Manish Dayal	Principal Cast
Maximiliano Hernández	Principal Cast
McColm Cephas Jr.	Young Giannis
Pilar Holland	Teresa Perez
Taylor Nichols	Principal Cast
Uche Agada	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Yetide Badaki	Veronika Antetokounmpo

Cast	Credit
Babis Hawk Konstantinou	Turkish Policeman
Chinua Baraka Payne	Thanasis At 13
Elijah Sholanke	Alex Antetokounmpo
Nicolas Politis	NBA Scouter
Ral Agada	Thanasis Antetokounmpo

Producer	Credit
Bernie Goldmann	Producer
Dimitri Andreas	Co-Producer
Douglas Jones	Executive Producer
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Executive Producer
Kostas Raftopoulos	Line Producer: Greece
Michael Foutras	Co-Producer