They Call Me Magic (Season 1)

They Call Me Magic (2022) is a four-part documentary series you can watch online on iFILM. Director Rick Famuyiwa traces Earvin Johnson from his childhood in Lansing, Michigan — where he was already the best player anyone around him had seen — to the point guard who rewired how his position was played, and then to the businessman building a portfolio worth billions.

The interview roster sets this apart from a standard sports doc. Barack Obama, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Pat Riley, Shaquille O'Neal, and Spike Lee all appear on camera. The series gives equal weight to the championship years and to what came after — including November 1991, when Johnson announced his HIV diagnosis and refused to step away. That chapter alone makes this worth watching. Stream They Call Me Magic (2022) online on iFILM.