In a Prime Video press release, the streamer announced the premiere date for a four-part docuseries about the second basketball league that attempted to counter the National Basketball Association. Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association will premiere on February 12, chronicling the rise and fall of the 1970s era league 50 years after its merger with the NBA.

Directed by Kenan Kamwana (30 for 30, Hit It Hard), Soul Power will explore the 1967 launch of the ABA and how, for nine seasons, its franchises shaped professional basketball both on and off the court. Without the ABA, there would be no 3-point shot or All-Star slam dunk competition, and franchises like the Brooklyn Nets, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs would not exist.

The ABA opened the doors, empowering women to take on substantial business roles in sports. And it birthed the NBA superstar with legends like Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Spencer Haywood, George Gervin, Rick Barry and George Karl.

“The ABA wasn’t just a league—it was a movement,” said ABA superstar and Soul Power executive producer Erving via the press release. “It gave players freedom, creativity, and opportunity at a time when none of that was guaranteed. This series tells that story honestly and it educates people that the game we see today exists because of what we started back then.”

In association with Prime Video Sports, Soul Power is executive produced by Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winner Common (Be, Like Water for Chocolate), Erving, Hidden Pictures’ Todd Liberman (The Fighter, Traitor), Karl, Brett Goldberg with Truth+Media, and Kamwana Holley for Holley Films. Additional support provided by Scott Tarter, Founder and CEO of Lana Sports and Co-Founder and CEO of the Dropping Dimes Foundation, which has helped provide financial and health support for retired ABA players for the past decade.