Antoine Fuqua on His New Ali Doc

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week we speak to the director of the Academy Award winning film Training Day, Antoine Fuqua, about his new HBO documentary, “What’s My Name?” about the life of Muhammad Ali, a film produced by LeBron James. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on about Donald Trump’s new Fed nominee, who uses sports to spew vile sexism. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to DC area community folks that successfully organized to extend Coach Fofo’s stay, and San Francisco’s top draft pick Nick Bosa. All this and more on this week’s show! Antoine Fuqua https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/whats-my-name-muhammad-ali Zirin, Nick Bosa and the NFL’s Double Standards https://www.thenation.com/article/nick-bosa-racism-colin-kaepernick-san-francisco-49ers/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Put It On - Dr. Dre Feat. Mimi & DJ Quik | Kansas City - Fats Domino | Excuse Me Miss - Jay-Z Feat. Pharrell | This One - Diamond D | Every Girl - Young Money | Wonder Years - MC Lyte Feat. DJ Premier | The Greatest Story Never Told - Saigon | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Ultimately, you know, his whole journey was to help other people.
0:04.0	And if you look at the, as you see in the dock, he talks about your rent here on earth,
0:10.0	you know, being the price you paid it to enter heaven, you know, what you do for others.
0:15.0	He was constantly trying to find a way to do things for other people.
0:20.0	I think that that resonates because, you know, that's something, you know, when you're
0:23.6	in the ring and you're a fighter, you have to be very selfish because you and the other guy,
0:26.6	who's trying to knock your head off, you're trying to knock his off.
0:29.6	But when you're out of the ring, you know, who are you?
0:34.6	And I think Ali made it very clear who he was.
0:47.3	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:48.3	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:53.9	This week we speak to the director of the Academy Award-winning film Training Day, Antoine Fuqua.
0:56.4	We're talking about his latest project.
1:03.0	It's called What's My Name, a unique documentary about Muhammad Ali that's produced by LeBron James,
1:05.7	debuting February 14th on HBO.
1:13.2	I also have some choice words about a particularly sexist nominee of Donald Trump's, who's used sports as a platform for his sexism.
1:16.7	And I've got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards.
1:20.7	But first, let's go to Antoine Fouqua.
1:26.9	I mean, there have been some amazing documentaries about Muhammad Ali, incredible work
1:33.3	like Trials of Muhammad Ali, and of course, famously the one about the Rumble in the Jungle
1:39.0	when we were kings.
1:40.0	What makes this documentary different?
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