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Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Common
Narrator (voice)
4 eps
Julius Erving
Self
4 eps
Bob Costas
Self
4 eps
Bob Ryan
Self
4 eps
Larry Brown
Self
4 eps
Grayson Boucher
David #1
4 eps
Avery Michael Johnson
David #2
4 eps
Rick Barry
Self
4 eps
Dan Issel
Self
4 eps
Eternal Polk
Self
4 eps
George Gervin
Self
3 eps
Spencer Haywood
Self
3 eps
Charles Barkley
Self
2 eps
Nelson George
Self
2 eps
Swin Cash
Self
2 eps
George Karl
Self
2 eps
Khalil Muhammad
Self
2 eps
Ralph Simpson
Self
2 eps
Pat Boone
Self
1 eps
Walt Frazier
Self
1 eps
Joe Robert Cole
Self
1 eps
James Brown
Self
1 eps
Michelle Beadle
Self
1 eps
Mark Cuban
Self
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Experience the ABA's nine-year rivalry with the NBA that changed basketball forever. From the 3-point shot to the Slam Dunk Contest, the ABA's innovations became game staples. Told by "Dr. J" Erving, Larry Brown, Bob Costas & other Hall of Famers.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Barry BookhardProducer
- Rob HarvellProducer
- Tony CurottoProducer
- Todd LiebermanExecutive Producer
- Steve RiachProducer
- Julius ErvingExecutive Producer
Direction
- Kenan Kamwana HolleyDirector
Cinematography
- Denton AdkinsonDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Amazon Prime VideoStreaming
- Amazon Prime Video with AdsStreaming
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