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Despite Disney’s aggressive theatrical-Disney+ Premier day-and-date streaming strategy for Raya and the Last Dragon, Cruella and Black Widow, the Burbank, CA- based studio will make it known during this Sunday’s Oscars that they have not abandoned the theatrical experience. Today, the studio announced in its…

UK documentary festival Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 4-13) will open with the European premiere of Questlove's acclaimed Summer Of Soul, which scooped the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance this year. The doc chronicles the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and will be released by Searchlight Pictures and Hulu…

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…

Premiering tonight at the semi-virtual Sundance Film Festival, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is both an exhilarating and chastising experience. Unearthing a cultural sarcophagus of 1969 Black America, the dexterous directorial debut about 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival by Ahmir "Ques…

"Initially I was just trying to curate the best 15 performances and see how they would fit, as if I were doing a show," says Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of his directorial debut Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised). "And then, …because of that was happening politically in America, especially…