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7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

Ryan Coogler on 'Sinners' Creative Process, 'Black Panther' News, NBA Players Love & More

7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

Wave

Sports, Music, Basketball, Society & Culture

4.8567 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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From Fruitvale Station to Black Panther and now Sinners, Ryan Coogler pulled up to Red Hook to discuss the creative process behind Sinners, how Spike Lee made him cry, his connection to NBA players, and how a chance football hit pushed him to the path of filmmaking. Tap In! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:38.0

like I'm sitting in the IMAX theater showing Spike Leo movie brad

0:41.6

bro.

0:41.7

Yo peace welcome back to welcome back to 7 p.m. in Brooklyn I I'm Carmelo Anthony here with my co-host. You know what it is? It's Kazin Fahmi-Wide. You can call me Kaz. And this is a Wave Original presented by Fandul, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Mello, it's going to be a great one, man. You know, you know, you know, you know, I love these moments, man. Our guest today is the moment, is the moment, and has been since day one. He's the filmmaker with the hottest right hand. You know, right now he's got the ultimate green light. That's right. You know him from Fruitvale Station. You know him from Black Panther.

1:28.5

You know him from the Cree franchise.

1:30.3

And most recently, his vampire epic sinners, which is killing it in the box office right now.

1:36.7

Ladies and gentlemen, Mello.

1:38.3

Let me tell you something.

1:39.1

If there's a face in the league of Hollywood, it's him.

1:43.8

You know what I mean? Welcome to the hook, it probably would. It's him.

1:44.4

You know what I mean?

1:45.4

Welcome to the hook, Ryan.

2:00.5

Cool. Yeah. Yeah. Man, thank you all, bro. Thank you all, man. It's good, man. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome to the hook, man. Honor to be here, bro. Yes, yes. Yeah, honor to be here, man. Super sight. We're gonna get into so much with you.

2:03.1

We've been waiting to have this conversation with you for a minute.

2:03.4

Yeah.

2:18.1

I'm glad we're doing it today. But before we get into all that coming up on this episode, we got with the filmmaker extraordinaire here in The Hook, we're going to talk about the artistic side of basketball. Yes. We're also going to get an amazing insights on collaborating with stars in both entertainment and sports. And of course, it's a connection. It's a connection.

2:23.3

And of course, we're taking a behind-the-scenes look at the smash hit centers and a special

2:28.1

Black Panther edition of America's number one segment, fuck with it or fuck out of it.

2:34.1

But first, Mello, let's talk things off in the with it or fuck out of it.

2:37.9

But first, Mello, let's start things off in the bay, man.

2:39.9

I heard y'all talk before we turned the cameras on.

2:42.2

Yeah, we was chopping it up, you know, going back and telling some old Bay Area, you know,

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