The first part of the docuseries debuts July 17 on Netflix.
In the video, featuring footage from the Olympian's life on and off the mat, EGOT winner Davis reads an excerpt from Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise", which not only inspired the title of the doc but is also tattooed on Biles."Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, weakened by my soulful cries?" Davis narrates.
"Simone Biles Rising" is a four-episode docuseries from director Katie Walsh, with two episodes debuting July 17 on Netflix and the other two episodes coming in the fall.Simone Biles gets candid on fight to return to Olympics in new seriesAccording to the synopsis, the documentary dives into Biles' decision to withdraw from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as "the world had a front row seat as her private struggle with mental health exploded on the international stage.
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