Sky York Journal
Natalia Bryant is remembering the Black Mamba, one shot at a time.
The eldest daughter of Vanessa Bryant and the late Kobe Bryant made her creative director debut in the Lakers’ new film Forever Iconic: Purple and Gold Around the World, and she included a sweet nod to her legendary dad.
“This project was an amazing, collaborative environment with such creative people,” Natalia, 22, told People in an Oct. 8 statement, the same day the movie was released, “and we all came together to try and portray the Lakers’ impact, not only in LA but around the world.”
Indeed, she wanted this short project to show how “everyone has their own connection” to the Los Angeles team. And true to her vision, she featured several of the Lakers’ biggest fans in the film, including longtime stan Brenda Song. In one of the scenes, the Running Point star proudly cheered as she watched a clip of Kobe—who died alongside his daughter Gianna “GiGi” Bryant, 13, and seven others in a 2020 helicopter crash—making a hook shot.
