Asif Kapadia, Director of Diego Maradona

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Grant speaks to Asif Kapadia, whose terrific new documentary film, Diego Maradona, opens in New York City theaters on September 20 and on October 1 on HBO. Kapadia, who also directed the films Senna (on the legendary Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna) and the Academy Award-winning Amy (on Amy Winehouse), discusses why he chose Maradona as a subject and focused on his Napoli years, how he got connected to so much never-before-seen archival video, what it was like interviewing Maradona and the process of making the film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.1	EK slash special offer. Hey there I'm Grant Wall and welcome to the
0:29.6	Planet Football Podcast. This week's interview guest is Acef Kapapadia.
0:34.1	Here's the director of the new documentary film, Diego Maradona.
0:37.7	While we've got you, make sure to check out Planet Football TV,
0:41.2	SI's weekly soccer video series that I co-host with
0:44.2	Louise Miguel Etchigarai. We've got interviews, debate, and thoughtful opinions
0:48.7	on the game we love. That's Planet Football TV. Onward.
0:54.0	Our guest today is the film director, Aseev Capadia.
0:59.0	His new documentary film, Diego Maradona, absolutely fantastic as were his previous
1:05.4	documentaries 2010 Senna on the legendary Formula One driver Aert and
1:10.3	Senna and 2015's Amy on Amy Winehouse, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
1:18.0	The film Diego Maradona focuses on Maradona's years at Napoli, and it opens on September 20th at theaters in New York City and on
1:27.2	October 1st on HBO.
1:30.3	The Ceeve congratulations on your film and thanks for joining me.
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