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Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson On Getting Goosebumps As Prepared To Direct Award-Winning ‘Summer Of Soul’ – Contenders Documentary

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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 Pictures celebrates the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, a long-overlooked series of concerts that attracted incredible performers including Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson and a teenage Stevie Wonder.

Before embarking on shoots for the documentary, Questlove soaked up the archival material while technicians were busy transferring it to digital.“I had five months while they were processing the videotapes,

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