Dr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2025
“Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” was Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson’s directorial debut. It won over 70 awards including The Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and is considered one of the greatest documentaries of the 21st century.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2025
Footage for the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that had been filmed for a pair of tv specials that aired that year. That footage and more then sat in a basement for nearly 50yrs. It was rediscovered & digitized in the late 00s. Questlove had 40hrs of raw footage to work with for this documentary
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 6, 2025
Of course, “Summer of Soul” has a damn good soundtrack. You can listen to it here for free (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs7N1IgJfqRch8VIVjzNCkeocPSKZGGVH&si=0n6u_ifV37eBRcmE)
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ICYMI: Questlove has a new documentary about the music of Saturday Night Live. It’s available on Peacock and it’s really well done. And his documentary “Sly Lives! AKA The Burden of Black Genius” about Sly Stone will be released on Hulu next week
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 6, 2025
The title refers to the satirical poem by Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (https://youtu.be/vwSRqaZGsPw?si=Z0W0z60cg3P5t6kh)
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Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Official Audio)

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