Summer of Soul

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Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Directed by Questlove
Produced by
CinematographyShawn Peters
Edited byJoshua L. Pearson
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Release dates
  • January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28)(Sundance)
  • June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)(United States)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.7 million [1] [2]

Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 American independent [3] [4] documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his directorial debut. [5] [6] It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the documentary categories. It had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. by Searchlight Pictures on June 25, 2021, before expanding and being released for streaming on Hulu the next weekend.

Contents

The second half of the movie's title is taken from the 1970 poem and song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", written by the late Gil Scott-Heron. It offered a sharp and satirical critique of the media's lack of coverage of civil rights activism and the reality of change and revolution taking place in the streets and on campuses across America. Both the song and phrase became an anthem of political change during the 1960s.[ citation needed ]

The film received acclaim from critics, with particular praise given to the restoration of the footage used. It won numerous awards, including Best Documentary Feature at the 6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, where it won in all six categories in which it was nominated, Best Documentary at the 75th British Academy Film Awards, Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards, [7] [8] and Best Music Film at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. It has been considered one of the best films of the 21st century. [9] [10]

Synopsis

The film examines the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place on six Sundays between June 29 and August 24 at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park) in Harlem, using professional footage of the festival that was filmed as it happened, stock news footage, and modern-day interviews with attendees, musicians, and other commentators to provide historical background and social context. Despite its large attendance and performers such as Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, The 5th Dimension, The Staple Singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mavis Staples, Blinky Williams, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Chambers Brothers, the festival is much less well known in the 21st century than is Woodstock (which took place on the same weekend as one of the days of the Harlem Cultural Festival). The filmmakers investigate this, among other topics.

Production

Clapperboard from original videotape recordings of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival HarlemFestivalTapeHeader1969.jpg
Clapperboard from original videotape recordings of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

At the request of festival organizer and host Tony Lawrence, television producer Hal Tulchin recorded about 40 hours of footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival on videotape, [11] excerpts from which were packaged as two one-hour TV specials that were broadcast in 1969, one on CBS in July, and one on ABC in September. [12] The tapes were then placed in a basement, [13] where they sat for the next 50 years. [14] Tulchin attempted to interest broadcasters in the recordings for several years, but had little success, though some of the footage of Nina Simone was eventually used in documentaries about her. [15]

In 2004, Joe Lauro, a film archivist at the Historic Films Archive, discovered the existence of the footage and contacted Hal Tulchin, hoping to work on a film about the festival. He digitized and cataloged the footage [16] and, in 2006, entered into a deal with Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville to make the film, [11] but the project never saw the light of day, as Tulchin discontinued his agreement with Lauro. [16] Producer Robert Fyvolent, who had originally sought to work with Lauro, then acquired film and television rights to the footage from Tulchin. [15] [17] Fyvolent began collaborating with producer David Dinerstein in 2016, and together they engaged RadicalMedia and editor Josh Pearson, and added a third producer, Joseph Patel. [18]

Director Ahmir Thompson has expressed surprise that the footage sat for so long, and that he had never heard of the festival before the producers approached him about making the film. [19] Discussing its obscurity, he said: "What would have happened if this was allowed a seat at the table? How much of a difference would that have made in my life? That was the moment that extinguished any doubt I had that I could do this." [20]

Release

The film premiered on January 28, 2021, at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the US Documentary Competition. [21] It was acquired by Searchlight Pictures and Hulu, and was released in the United States at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles and the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 multiplex in New York City on June 25, 2021, before expanding nationwide and being released for streaming on Hulu the next weekend. [22] The film was distributed internationally in theaters and on Disney+ Hotstar on July 30, 2021, and on Disney+ and Star+ on November 19, 2021, [23] [24] and was made available on the U.S. version of Disney+ on February 8, 2022, in time for Black History Month. [25] It made its broadcast television premiere on ABC on February 20, 2022. [26] On February 8, 2022, 20th Century Studios released a hard copy on Standard Definition DVD. In a bonus feature interview, Thompson mused about expanding the film with the wealth of material he had to cut for time.

On April 22, 2021, it was announced that Thompson would introduce the first trailer for the film during the 93rd Academy Awards, for which he served as music director. The trailer debuted on April 25, 2021. [27]

Reception

Box office

Summer of Soul grossed $2.3 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $1.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $3.7 million. [1]

In the film's first weekend in wide release, it grossed $650,000 from 752 theaters (for a per-venue average of $865). [28]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 99% (based on 222 reviews), with an average rating of 9.1/10; the website's critics consensus reads: "Deftly interweaving incredible live footage with a series of revealing interviews, Summer of Soul captures the spirit and context of a watershed moment while tying it firmly to the present." [29] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 (based on 38 critics), indicating "universal acclaim". [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" average grade. [28]

Rolling Stone praised the film as "the Perfect Movie to Kick Off Sundance 2021" and said it was "an incredible, vital act of restoration—and reclamation". [31] The Guardian gave it five stars, writing that there is "a moment so striking and rich with power at the center of Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson's Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) that, while watching it, I actually forgot to breathe." [32]

British critic Mark Kermode called the film "the best music documentary I've ever seen" in his review for Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. [33]

In 2024, Looper ranked it number 3 on its list of the "51 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival was a milestone event that featured countless Black artists performing music from all genres, but for decades, it faded into obscurity. Fortunately, director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's documentary, Summer of Soul, reaffirms the existence, presence, and joy of this seemingly forgotten moment with restored archival footage of the performances that comprised this event." [34]

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Sundance Film Festival February 3, 2021 Grand Jury Prize – DocumentarySummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [14]
Audience Awards – DocumentaryWon
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards November 14, 2021 Best Documentary Feature Won [35]
Best Archival DocumentaryWon
Best Music DocumentaryWon
Best First Documentary Feature Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Won
Best Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (tied with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for The Rescue )Won
Best EditingJoshua L. PearsonWon
Gotham Independent Film Awards November 29, 2021 Best Documentary Feature Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Nominated [36]
National Board of Review December 3, 2021 Documentary Film Won [37]
Detroit Film Critics Society December 6, 2021 Best Documentary Won [a] [38]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 6, 2021 Best Documentary Won [39]
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 12, 2021 Best DocumentaryWon [40] [41]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2021 Best Documentary Won [42]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 18, 2021 Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film Won [43]
Best Editing Joshua L. PearsonWon
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 20, 2021 Best Documentary Film Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [44]
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2021 Best Documentary Film Won [45]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards January 2022Best DocumentaryWon [46]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 10, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Won [47]
San Diego Film Critics Society January 10, 2021 Best DocumentaryWon [48]
Best Editing Joshua L. PearsonNominated
Austin Film Critics Association January 11, 2022 Best DocumentarySummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [49]
Toronto Film Critics Association January 16, 2022 Best Documentary Film Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [50]
Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2022 Best Documentary FeatureWon [51]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 19, 2022 Best Documentary FeatureWon [52]
Online Film Critics Society Awards January 24, 2022 Best Documentary Won [53]
London Film Critics Circle Awards February 6, 2022 Documentary of the YearSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [54]
Black Reel Awards February 27, 2022 Outstanding Documentary Feature Won [55]
Outstanding Emerging Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Nominated
Cinema Eye Honors March 1, 2022 Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, and David DinersteinNominated [56]
Outstanding Direction Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Nominated
Outstanding DebutNominated
Audience Choice PrizeNominated
Outstanding EditingJoshua L. PearsonWon
Outstanding Sound DesignJimmy Douglass and Paul Hsu Nominated
American Cinema Editors Awards March 5, 2022 Best Edited Documentary – Feature Joshua L. PearsonWon [57]
Cinema Audio Society Awards March 6, 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Documentary Paul Hsu, Roberto Fernandez, Paul MasseyWon [58]
Independent Spirit Awards March 6, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [59]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle AwardsMarch 7, 2022 Best Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Nominated [60]
Directors Guild of America Awards March 12, 2022 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Ahmir "Questlove" ThompsonNominated [61]
Golden Reel Awards March 13, 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary Joshua L. Pearson, Jimmy DouglassNominated [62]
British Academy Film Awards March 13, 2022 Best Documentary Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, and David DinersteinWon [63]
Best Editing Joshua L. PearsonNominated
Dorian Awards March 17, 2022Best DocumentarySummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Nominated [64]
Satellite Awards April 2, 2022 Best Documentary Film Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [65]
Producers Guild of America Awards March 19, 2022 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures Joseph Patel, David Dinerstein, and Robert FyvolentWon [66]
Academy Awards March 27, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David DinersteinWon [67]
Grammy Awards April 3, 2022 Best Music Film Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (video director); David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, and Joseph Patel (video producers)Won [68]
Peabody Awards June 6–9, 2022ArtsSummer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Won [69]
  1. Tied with Flee

Soundtrack

On January 21, 2022, Legacy Records released an official soundtrack album. [70] In an interview, Thompson said he considered including songs not in the film, but decided to stick with the music that had already been cleared for release. [71] The digital version of the soundtrack contains 17 songs, while the physical version contains 16, as it does not feature Abbey Lincoln's and Max Roach's performance of "Africa".

Home media

On February 8, 2022, 20th Century Studios released the film on Standard Definition DVD. Bonus features include audio commentary by Thompson, who muses about re-editing a longer version that would include footage he had to cut for time, and two behind-the-scenes featurettes ("Soul Searching" and "Harlem: Then & Now"). [72]

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