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EXCLUSIVE: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios. Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music…

Oscar-winner Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has lined up his next project – a documentary on the late groundbreaking hip hop producer J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey). Thompson, who won the Academy Award earlier this year for directing Summer of Soul, will executive produce Dilla Time, based on the New York Times bestseller D…

Twenty-four hours before his win for Best Documentary Feature would result in one of the most powerful speeches of this year's Oscar night, Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and his Summer of Soul team gathered at an intimate brunch in the picturesque gardens of Dana Walden's Brentwood estate. Walden was there, along with…

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson went from spinning records at last year's Oscar ceremony to winning a statuette of his own tonight, for directing Best Documentary Feature champ Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised). The acclaimed DJ, music historian, and founding member of the Roots – The Tonight…

"I believe that a big reason why this ambitious idea of throwing a music festival in Harlem in which somewhere between 70,000 to 90,000 people every weekend would see performances was so that there was something joyous and hopeful for people at that point were kind of at the end of their rope," Summer of Soul (Or When…

Academy Award-nominated documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is getting a remarkable boost for its Oscar chances – a premiere on network television. Disney-owned ABC announced it will air the film directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in primetime on Sunday, February 20. The…

Timing is everything Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) turns back the clock to 1969 when a series of concerts by Black artists transfixed Harlem. Under different circumstances, the director thinks the film would have turned out very differently. "What if the…

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson took an immersive approach in his preparations to direct Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), winner of the top nonfiction prize at Sundance and Best Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. The film from Onyx Collective, Hulu and Searchlight…

On October 20, the Sundance Institute will present the 2021 Vanguard Award to filmmakers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Siân Heder. Thompson is being recognized for the documentary Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), with which he made his directorial debut, with Heder being honored for…

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As Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 tune says, it's a family affair, Less than two weeks after his directorial debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was picked up in a multi-million dollar Sundance Film Festival deal,  Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is heading back behind the camera for a…

Two days after picking up Sundance's Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has been picked up by Searchlight and Hulu. The acquisition of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's directorial debut is for worldwide rights, parent company Disney says, in a deal put together…