Civil-Rights Sports Doc ‘ROAF’ On NFL Great Willie Roaf In Works From Winter State Entertainment
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Winter State Entertainment is currently in post-production on ROAF, a feature-length doc on the life of Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Roaf, which will examine his civil rights activism throughout his time in the National Football League.Roaf’s family played a huge part in history.
His mother was named the first Black Supreme Court Justice in Arkansas, appointed by both Democratic and Republican Governors.
His father played football for Michigan State after traveling the civil rights-era iteration of the ‘Underground Railroad,’ a clandestine network that helped promising African-American athletes migrate north and escape the segregated south to play college and professional sports.
Roaf went on to play in the NFL for both the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs, earning himself 13 Pro-Bowls and eventually ending up in the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, OH.After a prestigious career in pro football, he married business owner and entrepreneur Angela Hernandez Roaf, blending their experiences and expertise in business, sports, ministry, philanthropy, and even politics—as significant supporters of Bill Clinton who ultimately played a role in helping him become Governor of Arkansas.
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