Nelson George on new Willie Mays Documentary

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Wave Originals

Music, Sports, News

4.8 • 12.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Bomani talks with author and film maker Nelson George about his upcoming documentary on Willie Mays: why now was the right time for the film (5:45), on Mays being part of the access generation and not being a civil rights activist (10:15), Mays' connectivity to the community in Harlem (21:01), Barry Bonds' participation in the documentary (29:47), the basket catch, and how he views this film as the Black Field of Dreams (33:28). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started with today's show,
0:01.8	I want to tell you about another great ESPN podcast,
0:04.8	the CJ McCollum Show, where every week
0:07.0	New Honest Pelican star CJ McCollum
0:09.0	discusses names and storylines in and around the NBA
0:12.3	with inside perspective, you can only give
0:14.4	from someone in the locker room and on the floor.
0:16.7	That's the CJ McCollum Show.
0:18.3	Listen where you are listening to this podcast.
0:31.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time.
0:36.4	My name is Beaumonti Jones.
0:37.8	Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.
0:39.9	Thanks for watching us on YouTube.
0:41.6	Rate us, review us, give us five stars.
0:43.8	You only give us four stars.
0:45.0	I'm inclined to believe you are a hater.
0:47.4	This is the time of week where we have a guest join us.
0:50.4	And I'm thrilled to have our guests with us now,
0:52.6	author of roughly 375 books.
0:55.4	And most recently, the director of Say Hey Willie Mays.
0:58.9	It's a new documentary that HBO has on Willie Mays.
1:02.4	His name is Nelson Joyce.
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