Watch The Trailer For Jay Z’s Trayvon Martin Documentary

Paramount Network and BET has released the first official trailer for Jay-Z-produced documentary “Rest in Power”: The Trayvon Martin Story, a powerful six-part series that recounts the 2012 shooting that polarized the nation and gave rise to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Premiering on the Paramount Network on July 30 at 10 p.m, the film’s executive producer is American rapper, Jay-Z (credited as Shawn Carter), and features a number of interviews, including those from Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, as well as the family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Carmelo Anthony, Angela Davis and many others. The clip also shows footage of home videos, family photos of  Trayvon Martin.

The series will tell the story of Martin’s life and how his death sparked the global Black Lives Matter movement.

“It took my son being shot down to make me stand up,” Fulton says in the clip. Martin who was an unarmed black boy was shot and killed in Florida by the neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman, who was charged with second-degree murder and acquitted in July 2013.

Jay-Z, who executive produced the series, has spoken about the project for some time now, rapping on “Black Effect” off of Everything Is Love, “Since the Kalief doc, they’ve been at my neck/ Y’all can tell ’em Trayvon is comin’ next.” The rapper also co-produced a documentary about Kalief Browder, a Bronx teen who committed suicide after spending three years in jail for allegedly stealing a backpack.

Check out the trailer below.

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