Director Peter Nicks and Producer Ryan Coogler talk ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’

Reckon reporter Daric L. Cottingham spoke with Stephen Curry: Underrated director/producer Peter Nicks and producer Ryan Coogler at Sundance 2023 to discuss their motivation in making a full-length documentary on the life of NBA champion Stephen Curry. Nicks discusses shifting from focusing on an institution to a single individual subject and how he approaches storytelling for Black stories. While Coogler speaks about the meaning of this moment for his production company, Proximity Media, and the tasks behind producing the company’s first feature-length documentary film.

 

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