Naman Ramachandran The 2021 Sheffield Doc/Fest will open with the European premiere of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” and close with the world premiere of Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Looking.”“Summer of Soul (…Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” explores the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which celebrated African American music and culture, and promoted Black pride and unity.“The Story of Looking” is a fresh look into the world’s complexities, contradictions and beauty.
Cousins will also be in conversation, live-streamed from Sheffield, about his personal relationship to film and images.Both films will also simultaneously premiere in cinemas around the U.K.
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