AT&T’s LGBTQ Sports Documentary, ‘Alone in the Game’, Set To Premiere On Audience

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Look out, everyone, Audience is set to premiere a big-time documentary featuring NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, former NBA player Jason Collins, and several other folks from the sports world. The film, titled Alone in the Game, explores LGBTQ equality in sports or more specifically, professional sports.

Audience, while not yet known as elite when it comes to original content, looks to have a hit here and is steadily building up their lineup. Alone in the Game was done by AT&T so the production quality will, of course, be high-caliber. It will air at 8 P.M ET on Audience or on-demand through DirecTV Now.

Per the official site:

“Despite the growing acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, sports continues to be an unsettling environment for many LGBTQ people on and off the field. Homophobia, transphobia, and a culture of secrecy strongly persist in American sports, often seen as the final frontier for LGBTQ equality. In the five major North American professional leagues – NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS – where statistically we would expect hundreds of openly gay athletes, there are no openly gay male professional athletes currently competing. Alone in the Game is a powerful documentary that enters into the old boys’ club world of sport and examines this major dilemma at the professional, Olympic, collegiate, and high school levels – capturing rarely seen stories of struggle, perseverance, and triumph. This 90-minute documentary premieres on AUDIENCE Thursday, June 28th at 8pm ET/PT and includes interviews with notable people such as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy, former NBA player Jason Collins, pro soccer players Robbie Rogers and Megan Rapinoe, and others.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aolQEcFp_QA#action=share

Alone in the Game was directed by Natalie Metzger and Michael Rohrbaugh.

In addition to this documentary, Audience will also have the second season of one of their more popular shows, Mr. Mercedes, premiering on August 22nd.