The documentary, “3 Points,” is set for release this fall. The title refers to goals of peace, protection and punishment.

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McGrady wore No. 3 in high school. He is making the switch to promote his humanitarian efforts in the Darfur region of the Sudan and a documentary on his summer 2007 visits to refugee camps in the region.

He has also established the T-Mac Alliance, a humanitarian project that will work with other charitable organizations to raise money to build schools and train teachers in central Africa. The initiative includes a sister schools program, Stand Up For Darfur, in which a dozen American high schools will raise funds to provide books and supplies for children at the refugee camps.

Darfur is a region of western Sudan about three-quarters the size of Texas, where an armed conflict has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and forced about 2.5 million to flee their homes since 2003. The United States has classified what has occurred in Africa’s largest country as genocide.

McGrady felt compelled to visit the refugees after hearing about the atrocities from Chicago Bulls forward and Sudan native Luol Deng and Rockets teammate and former Georgetown star Dikembe Mutombo, who has championed humanitarian causes in Africa and opened a $29 million hospital in his native Democratic Republic of Congo.

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