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Tiger Woods HBO Series Faces Backlash Over Project’s Lack Of Diversity

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe announcement this week that golfing icon Tiger Woods would be the subject of a two-part HBO documentary series has provoked a backlash in the doc community due to a lack of above-the-line diversity on the project.The Tiger series is being co-helmed by Oscar-nominated City Of Ghosts and A Private War filmmaker Matthew Heineman and the Emmy-nominated Matthew Hamachek.

The pair previously collaborated on Cartel Land. Alex Gibney is exec producing the show through his Jigsaw Productions, alongside HBO Sports.Heineman announced the project on his Facebook page on July 10, and the post quickly became the stage for a lively debate about the project’s lack of Black talent.

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