From the funky, opening groove of the film's first song, Stevie Wonder's slinky jam on the Isley's Brothers' "It's Your Thing," it is obvious the new documentary Summer of Soul (...or When the ...

An opening-night selection of Sundance’s first virtual edition, Summer of Soul is as thoughtful as it is rousing, a welcome shot of adrenaline to kick off not just a film festival but a new year.

(Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) Thompson said he first got the call to direct Summer of Soul halfway through Songs That Shook, and calls the experience “a great ...

How do you make 300,000 people gathered in Harlem, New York to see legendary Black musicians like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King and Nina Simone disappear? The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival was six ...

Hopefully, you don’t need much convincing to watch Summer of Soul (and you have two options, on Hulu or, better, in a theater). Ahmir Thompson, a.k.a. Questlove, directed the film, which is ...

Questlove makes film directorial debut with "Summer of Soul," featuring Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder in unseen 1969 concert footage By Gail Mitchell “Are you ready ...

chief film critic at The Independent. Finally, TheWrap’s Steve Pond spoke with musician-turned-director Questlove about his documentary feature, “Summer of Soul,” which tells the story of ...

(The closest he gets is the movie’s referential subtitle: “…Or: When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised.”) Summer of Soul is both a tribute to the artists and, just as importantly ...

“Summer of Soul,” which makes its live-audience world premiere at this year’s True/False Film Fest, fires on all cinematic cylinders. This is the debut film by Ahmir Thompson — who you ...

But “Summer of Soul’s” early success isn’t much of a surprise, given that the movie won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance earlier this year, before selling to Disney ...

Now in theaters and on Hulu, “Summer of Soul” is two hours of amazing ... better than the average music documentary or concert movie. The Chicago connections run deep: B.B. King, Mavis ...