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Rafael Nadal Docuseries ‘Rafa’: How a Local Setting, Language and Intimate Lensing Set the Primetime Emmy Contender Apart

First publishedAug 19, 14:22 UTC
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‘Rafa’ director Zach Heinzerling and Netflix Spain VP Content Diego Ávalos drill down on the first non-English language docuseries nominated for a Primetime Emmy and its memorable Mallorca family setting Produced by Skydance Sports and Netflix Sports, “Rafa,” a four-part portrait of Spain’s greatest sports icon Rafael Nadal, packs several singular punches. It’s the first time a non-English language docuseries has ever nominated for a Primetime Emmy, Netflix notes.

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‘Rafa’ director Zach Heinzerling and Netflix Spain VP Content Diego Ávalos drill down on the first non-English language docuseries nominated for a Primetime Emmy and its memorable Mallorca family setting Produced by Skydance Sports and Netflix Sports, “Rafa,” a four-part portrait of Spain’s greatest sports icon Rafael Nadal, packs several singular punches. It’s the first time a non-English language docuseries has ever nominated for a Primetime Emmy, Netflix notes. Also, it takes up Nadal’s story in a largely present tense of early 2024 where he’s not No. 652, almost 38, nearly a year and a half out without winning a title and plagued by a chronic hip injury.

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‘Rafa’ director Zach Heinzerling and Netflix Spain VP Content Diego Ávalos drill down on the first non-English language docuseries nominated for a Primetime Emmy and its memorable Mallorca family setting Produced by Skydance Sports and Netflix Sports, “Rafa,” a four-part portrait of Spain’s greatest sports icon Rafael Nadal, packs several singular punches. It’s the first time a non-English language docuseries has ever nominated for a Primetime Emmy, Netflix notes.
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