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, says parent company Disney in a deal put together by Disney General Entertainment’s BIPOC Creator initiative, led by Tara Duncan and was brokered by Cinetic Media.
With appearances by Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Glady Knight and the Pips, Max Roach, Abby Lincoln and many more, the music themed documentary set for a theatrical release as well as streaming on Hulu in America and internationally on Star and Star+.With newly unearthed footage of the nearly
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