Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Join us for the Centerpiece screening of Doc Stories. Featuring a conversation with director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, this event provides an opportunity to see Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) on the big screen.
Centerpiece Film
Dust off your dancing shoes and join us for the most joyous documentary of 2021 in its Castro premiere.
Q&A
Following the screening will be a Q&A with the film’s magisterial director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson moderated by rock journalist, author, and broadcaster Ben Fong-Torres.
Guests Expected
Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and post-screening Q&A moderator Ben Fong-Torres are expected to attend.
Description
Dust off your dancing shoes and join us for the most joyous documentary of 2021! It makes its Castro premiere with the film’s magisterial director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson in attendance. With extraordinary footage that was shot at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival in Mount Morris Park placed alongside contemporary interviews of musicians and attendees, Summer of Soul offers a multitude of incandescent moments, including Mahalia Jackson sharing the stage with Mavis Staples, Stevie Wonder playing drums, Sly and the Family Stone bringing down the house, and emcee Tony Lawrence’s vibrant outfits threatening to steal the show.
Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur,New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Summer of Soul is his directorial debut. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best US Documentary. Questlove is also set to direct the upcoming Sly Stone feature documentary.
Ben Fong-Torres, who joined Rolling Stone in 1969, became its music editor and, many years later, a real-life character in the movie, Almost Famous. In his own real life, he profiled such artists as Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Marvin Gaye, the Rolling Stones, and Ike and Tina Turner. He has published a dozen books, including a memoir, The Rice Room, and continues to work as a writer, editor, broadcaster, emcee-about-town, and Emmy Award-winning TV host. He is the subject of a documentary, called, what else? Like a Rolling Stone. He lives with Dianne, his wife, in San Francisco.
Film Details
Language English
Year 2021
Runtime 117
Country USA
Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Executive Producer Jen Isaacson, Jon Kamen, Dave Sirulnick, Jody Allen, Ruth Johnston, Rocky Collins, Jannat Gargi, Beth Hubbard, Davis Guggenheim, Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeffrey Lurie, Marie Therese Guirgis, David Barse, Ron Eisenberg, Sheiia C. Johnson, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Producer Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
Editor Joshua L. Pearson
Cinematographer Shawn Peters
Music Randall Poster
Print Source Searchlight Pictures / Hulu