On Friday, February 21st, 2025, HBO held a premiere in Boston for its docuseries Celtics City.
Film team in attendance were: Lauren Stowell (Director), Bill Simmons (Executive Producer), Connor Schell (Executive Producer), Sascha Gardner (Producer), Christina Lenis (Producer), Gabe Honig (Co-Executive Producer/Showrunner), Jackie MacMullan (Consulting Producer/Subject), Aaron Cohen (Executive Producer), Thom Stukas (Director of Photography), Eric Barchie (Lead Series Editor)
Film subjects in attendance were: Joe Mazzulla (Current Celtics Head Coach), Dart Adams (Writer/Historian), Nelson George (Director/Author), Rich Gotham (Current Celtics President/EP), Wyc Grousbeck (Boston Celtics Lead Owner and Governor), Michael Holley (Writer), Ted Landsmark (Civil Rights Attorney), Dan Shaughnessy (Sports Writer), Lawrence O'Donnell (Commentator), Sean Grande (Celtics Radio Broadcaster), M.L. Carr (Celtic Player/GM /Coach), Mike Rotondi (Celtics SuperFan), Jeff Twiss (Current Celtics PR), Cedric Maxwell (Celtics Legend), Karen Russell (Bill Russell's Daughter), Howard Bryant (Writer), Paul Pierce (Celtic Legend), Jaylen Brown (Current Celtics Player), Jayson Tatum (Current Celtics Player)
HBO Executives in attendance were: Bentley Weiner (VP, Sports Documentaries), Nancy Abraham (EVP, Documentary Programming), Lisa Heller (EVP, Documentary & Family), Abtin Motia (Director & Coordinating Producer, HBO Sports Documentaries)
Other notables in attendance were: Sam Hauser (Current Celtics Player), Derrick White (Current Celtics Player), Chuck Cooper III (Son of Former Player/Legend Chuck Cooper), Ja'Whaun Bentley (New England Patriots Linebacker), Mike Gorman (Boston Celtics play-by-player Announcer), Rick Weitzman (Former Celtics Player), Eddie Palladino (Celtics Announcer), Melisa Valdez (In-Arena host for the Boston Celtics), Millyz (Rapper/Celtics Superfan), Rob Eugene (Content Creator, iamboston), Herv JeanBaptiste (Content Creator, successismycologne), Jacob Russell (Son of Bill Russell), Walid Samaha (Entrepreneur/Hartbeat Ventures), Statik Selektah (DJ), Ray Ray Allen (Son of Former Player Ray Allen), Kara Lennon (Content Creator), Mak Thompson (Content Creator), Kip Jones (Son of Former Player K.C. Jones), Greg Hill (The Greg Hill Show / Sports Podcaster), Tommy Guarino (Content Creator), Chad McDonough (Content Creator, aka prosciutto papi), Malcolm Graham (Former Player), Neemias Queta (Current Celtics Player), Payton Pritchard (Current Celtics Player)