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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 ...
Questlove’s directorial debut, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), won big at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival this week. The documentary earned the U.S. Grand ...
The first trailer for Questlove’s documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), premiered Sunday during the Academy Awards telecast. The film will arrive in ...
(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 ...
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.
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 ...
This review of “Summer of Soul” was first published at the film’s premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Is Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” a concert film with sequences that put ...