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

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…