{"id":42149,"date":"2022-09-01T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=42149"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:59:08","slug":"espn-films-announces-30-for-30-documentary-american-son-on-tennis-player-michael-chang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/01\/espn-films-announces-30-for-30-documentary-american-son-on-tennis-player-michael-chang\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Films Announces 30 for 30 Documentary &#8220;American Son&#8221; on Tennis Player Michael Chang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42150\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/30-for-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/30-for-30.jpg 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/30-for-30-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>ESPN Films today announced that production has completed on a <strong><em>30 for 30<\/em><\/strong> documentary about former tennis player Michael Chang, with New Yorker and The New York Times writer and Emmy nominated correspondent, Jay Caspian Kang, on board for his directorial debut. &#8220;<strong><em>American Son<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; will tell the story of Chang&#8217;s improbable rise as a young American tennis star, and his family&#8217;s immigrant journey which shaped his destiny. 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