America’s Team: Inside Netflix’s Dallas Cowboys Doc with the Directors
The Dallas Cowboys, Netflix, America’s Team, the NFL, Jerry Jones, and the (un)making of a modern football dynasty – we dive into all these topics in this episode featuring Chapman and Maclain Way, the Emmy-winning filmmakers behind Netflix’s new sports docuseries America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.
Known for Wild Wild Country, Kings of Tupelo and Untold, the Way brothers break down how the Cowboys became America’s most iconic, and controversial, team. From behind-the-scenes drama to media manipulation, this series isn’t just about football; it’s about power, ego, and the team that changed American pro sports and culture.
00:00 – Intro and Setup
01:16 – Documentary synopsis
03:53 – The new guy in town
10:09 – A new era for the NFL
16:33 – How the project came together
19:00 – Never-before-seen footage of the Cowboys
21:47 – Jerry Jones – narrator of his own story
26:15 – Maclain, Chapman and the cast of their dreams
31:45 – Challenges of making the documentary
33:45 – A Spaghetti Western sports doc
38:40 – Striving for the next Super Bowl
40:50 – Wrapping up
View the full Dallas Cowboys Documentary Episode here.
