That was the beginning of what would become "Summer of Soul (…or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)," a concert film directed by Questlove capturing the "Black Woodstock . Nina Simone is one of the real standout performers in it. We'll be right back. QUESTLOVE: Absolutely. King, the 5th Dimension, David Ruffin, Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. © Copyright 2021 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Joseph Patel will serve as a producer with Joshua L. Pearson (“What Happened, Miss Simone?”) on board as editor and Randall Poster (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) as the music supervisor. And that's because he grew up watching like old, you know, Fred Astaire and Broadway musicals as a kid. And I think this is one of the real standout performances in the movie. QUESTLOVE: Gladys Knight was everything to us. The Beatles: Let It Be presented by The George Martins! GROSS: Yeah, she sang "Mister Backlash," which is also just a very political song. Let's get back to my interview with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. So, yeah, it was even risky for those well-loved gospel acts that we know. Questlove is also the co-founder of the band The Roots, which is the house band of "The Tonight Show," where Questlove is music director. Summer of Soul (.Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised): Directed by Questlove. Black Woodstock: Directed by Questlove, Hal Tulchin. So I want to play an excerpt of their performance - of The 5th Dimension's performance - at the Harlem Cultural Festival. Questlove's Summer of Soul is as much an essential music documentary as it is a public service. She read a poem by David Nelson of The Last Poets, which was a pretty radical poem about being ready to smash things. The film's . The film's director Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove, says The Harlem Cultural Festival being forgotten about is part of "the all-too-common erasure of black history". This collection also gathers several of Cole's recent columns on photography for the New York Times Magazine and offers a suite of elegies to lost friends who show him--and us--ways of mourning in times of death"-- There were also some police there. Whoa, yes I am. Come on. Watch the trailer for the film, which comes out in theaters and on Hulu on July 2nd, below. Is That Hurting Films Like ‘Spencer’ and ‘Belfast’? The last time you were on our show, we talked about how your grandfather, William Beachy Thompson, was a singer in the famous gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds. I was commenting to Billy Davis that, you know, in all the performances I've seen of The 5th Dimension, I've never heard you use sort of your gospel growl, your James Brown sermon preacher (imitating James Brown) hey, dig it - you know, that sort of thing. QUESTLOVE: And so I had a nice little tradeoff. Questlove uncovers 'Black Woodstock' in his hit Sundance doc A scene from the documentary 'Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)' by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson. It's Marvel's first movie to feature an Asian superhero. What if I told you that a "Black Woodstock" existed? Do you want to describe? So it brought out my inner gospel preacher set thing. Congratulations on the film. Like, probably the best thing about this film is the amount of people that are reaching out to me saying that, oh, my God, my great-grandmother is 19 years old. So that was really emotional for them to see him as a 19-year-old. And in the case of the Gladys Knight and the Pips performance, first of all, they're doing it on one microphone. And suddenly, all this other music is seeping into me. She was the Queen of Soul. But then once hip-hop came along, then it's like, oh, everything I learned, I'm just going to add in this this pot of stew I'm making. Like, why would you guys even entertain this thought? This book is a compilation of poems written over the last forty years, including as recently as March 2015. But in the end the director of the project, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, longtime . Questlove's documentary, Summer of Soul . (216) 505-8199 This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. We see her. Questlove's cinematic labor of love, Summer Of Soul, was a smash hit at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, winning in all of the categories it was nominated in including best documentary feature. It's really interesting to watch that. So oftentimes, Motown was especially known for, like, sending all their acts to charm school and whatnot. Did you play the tape back for all the performers to get their reaction? And so we'll also hear a little voice-over in this, too. The film's . QUESTLOVE: It's still elaborate to me because when you're watching the Pips perform, you're not seeing like traditional one, two, three, four. And he directed the new concert documentary, "The Summer Of Soul," which features performances from and interviews about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It's using everything I know to - I'm certain that if I didn't have this range of knowledge that I probably wouldn't have been chosen to be on "The Tonight Show.". In Move On Up, Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of the explosion of soul music in Chicago. Together, soul music and black-owned businesses thrived. Held in 1969, the outdoor festival featured . (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "SUMMER OF SOUL"). GROSS: The festival represented different strains of Black music - you know, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, Latin music. And you're so, like, musically knowledgeable and versatile. GROSS: So, you know, Gladys Knight says in the film that she wasn't expecting such a big crowd. “The music and performances in ‘Black Woodstock’ will knock audiences out of their seats,” said producers Dinerstein and Fyvolent. And the security was provided - at least a lot of the security was provided by the Black Panthers. We are confident he will bring an authenticity and unique vision to the film. GROSS: Yeah. But he wanted to. The Questlove-directed 'Summer of Soul' documentary captures the historic 1969 event. So Tony Lawrence, he was the host of the festival, but also the producer of it. 'Summer of Soul,' Questlove's Scorching New Documentary About the Long-Lost 'Black Woodstock' Is Now on Hulu Posted By Dave Mesrey on Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 9:43 AM Searchlight Pictures "Amateur hour," jokes Questlove, whose final cut — up for sale at Sundance — runs 117 minutes. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guest is Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. So, of course, in 2018, 2019, I believe, I did Henry Louis Gates' "Finding Your Roots.". This movie was the dream of the … Support Local Journalism. Questlove's film about the Harlem Cultural Festival, plus docs on Rita Moreno and the band Sparks, are among the music-related projects set to screen at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.The 2021 . Give you what you've been missing, yeah. Timekeeper is the first-person insider account of the birth and expansion of the Memphis Sound, told by Howard Grimes, the celebrated house drummer from the early days at both iconic Memphis soul studios, Stax Records and Hi Records. Like, that was his friend. 0. And then Mavis Staples had sang with her family, The Staple Singers. In many ways, this is JAY-Z’s America as much as it’s Pelosi’s America, or Trump’s America, or Martin Luther King’s America. JAY-Z has given this country a language to think with and words to live by. He directed the new film "Summer Of Soul," which features performances from and interviews about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of six free concerts at Mount Morris Park in Harlem between June and August of 1969. But yes, you're witnessing Nina Simone at the very beginning of what is her realizing her magic powers and political activism through music. There's one person who's never had a photo of their brother who died. About 40 hours of performances were recorded on video by Hal Tulchin. So, yeah, it would have been great to see Buddy Miles, Billy Cox and Freddie King and Jimi Hendrix as the Band of Gypsys perform at the Harlem Cultural Festival. Let the sunshine, let it shine. QUESTLOVE: There's excitement because, like, Sly wasn't even supposed to be on the bill. QUESTLOVE: Pretty much, you know, a lot of it was just to jog their memory. Yes. I realize that the inflation, you know, is different. 44115, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will direct “Black Woodstock,” a feature documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, Variety has learned. Yes. And, you know, and I - in Marilyn McCoo - you know, it just opened the door because I realized that, oh, so this is sort of like when The Roots are performing and, you know, one night we're with Beck, the next night we're with Wu Tang Clan. But yeah, that's one of the biggest mysteries of the family. 0. You know, it was sort of an unplanned question, and I guess when I saw an entry, I investigated further only because it's what I recognized in myself and my own career. QUESTLOVE: Yeah. I believe he had to go to Vietnam. Oh, happy day, when Jesus washed, when Jesus washed, when he washed, when Jesus washed, he washed all my sins away. The result of patient and urgent work, and more than five years in the making, Lessons in Liberation invites educators into the work of abolition. MCCOO: We were constantly being attacked because we weren't, quote-unquote, "Black enough." No attachments will be considered. So, yeah, in a way it's genuine love, but in a lot of ways, it's survival. King, Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers, Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln. He's the original FOMO baiter. Happy day. His first cut was 3 hours and 25 minutes. And that's their only view of somebody they have not seen in 50 years. About 40 hours of video were shot at the festival by Hal Tulchin with the intention of turning it into a TV series or film, but he was unable to attract interest, and the tape sat in his basement for about 50 years until "Summer Of Soul" was produced. Letters may be edited and shortened for space. The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell ... Black Woodstock, chronicles the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which . Billy knew exactly what to do because Billy sang gospel in his teen years. FILE - Musician and DJ Questlove attends the Planned Parenthood of New York City spring gala benefit on May 1, 2019, in New York. With Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty. Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' is Bigger than Black Woodstock. Summer of Soul: Questlove documentary cements 1969 'Black Woodstock' in the cultural firmament. And he had gotten rid of The Experience. This document is also amazing for the fact that - capturing a lot of artists sort of at the crossroads of their beginning and to the next phase of their life and - besides Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight and The Staple Singers who become, like, household names in the '70s. And as you've said, their church, the Penteostal Church, was very sorry that they were going commercial like this. But, yeah, 300,000 people over that summer in '69, and it was not one incident. GROSS: The festival seemed to mean a lot to the people performing at it. This is the inspiring story of how they listen and act upon the widespread desire to change the system to meet the needs of many and not just the few. I'll do it, Ahmir. But, yeah. Like, I'm a person that believes that, you know, less is more. Questlove's film about the Harlem Cultural Festival, plus docs on Rita Moreno and the band Sparks, are among the music-related projects set to screen at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.The 2021 . The original title of "Summer of Soul" was in fact "Black Woodstock.". But, you know, as the story with most African Americans in this country really not knowing their genealogy or the history they came from. An estimated 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, often called the "Black Woodstock . QUESTLOVE: Yeah. But, you know, what didn't happen at the festival sort of also floored me as well, like with Aretha Franklin canceling and Jimi Hendrix and Luther Vandross. Our producer said, OK, Billy, take them to church. Questlove showcases 'Black Woodstock' soul festival in his hit Sundance documentary. And sometimes it's exhausting. I'm still hoping to this day that this somehow reaches him or a family member, somebody. QUESTLOVE: Oh, with Sly and the Family Stone. So that's even unprecedented, because I'm used to, like, each background singer having their own microphone. Sly was the the one act that wasn't billed to be on the festival. 0. . 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And somehow, he just managed and leveraged one promise on top of another based on the what we call FOMO - fear of missing out. Oh, happy day. Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. Aretha was sort of an 11th-hour cancellation in less than 48 hours. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment. There's one moment in the film when the crowd is pushing. My guest is Questlove. Questlove's directorial debut, 'Summer of Soul,' a documentary about a 1969 festival known as "Black Woodstock," will arrive in July. He also serves as the musical director for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” with the Roots crew serving as house band for the late night program. “The performances are extraordinary. Not everybody's going to church. Questlove will make his directorial debut with an upcoming documentary about a legendary black music festival, Variety reports. But I believe that as the weeks went on, by the second week, then they realized, like, OK, well - OK, we'll provide security. And people from all different kinds of music love you and want you to be on the same bill or to perform with you to back them up. That was one of the reasons why performing in Harlem was so important to us, because we wanted our people to know what we were about. Just before his death, he signed over the rights to two producers, who brought on Questlove to turn it into the film that is now "Summer Of Soul." In Talking Pictures, veteran film critic Ann Hornaday walks us through the production of a typical movie -- from script and casting to final sound edit -- and explains how to evaluate each piece of the process. I do know that there were jazz festivals previous to this, but not to this very specific level in the inner city for Black people. By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guest is Questlove. Not too far away from the flea markets, dusty attics, cluttered used record stores and Ebay is the world of the vinyl junkies. Brett Milano dives deep into the piles of old vinyl to uncover the subculture of record collecting. But Nina Simone especially, having just really a transformation in her life into using her political voice, which is really unheard of at the time. An African-American family is united in love and pride as they struggle to overcome poverty and harsh living conditions, in the award-winning 1959 play about an embattled Chicago family When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the ... OH When I get to heaven - oh, happy day - I'm gonna spread the news - oh, happy day. Questlove uncovers 'Black Woodstock' in his hit Sundance doc Jake Coyle; Jan 30, 2021 Jan 30, 2021 . Originally published: New York: Random House, 1972. (Mel Finkelstein/New York Daily News) Questlove had set out initially to focus purely on the music. Gladys Knight & the Pips sing âI Heard It Through the Grapevineâ at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. And it says in the movie that some of them were wearing, like, the Black Panther uniform of the beret and the, you know, black lapel leather jacket and everything, so you can recognize them as Panthers. The Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2021 line-up including Questlove's directorial debut about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival (a.k.a "Black Woodstock") and Edgar Wright's . How do you get Gladys Knight? Between the two of us girls, you know I love you more. A A. Reset. The awards were held on Sunday night (November 14) in Brooklyn, N.Y., and hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., marking the first time it was held . But it's nothing compared to today, where there's teams of dancers doing, like, acrobatic kind of dancing. “Black Woodstock” will be produced by David Dinerstein and Robert Fyvolent (“Cries From Syria”; “Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom”) with RadicalMedia (“What Happened, Miss Simone?”) coming on board as creative and production partners. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Join the Cleveland Scene Press Club for as little as $5 a month. Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. You know, if you're in second grade and a bunch of your - like your white musician friends are playing, like, "Smoke On The Water," yeah, I mean, I have to investigate and study that, you know. Of course, not having - like, it could have just started with I have the phone number of the Staple Singers. Are you ready to smash things and burn buildings? How do you get Stevie Wonder to sign onto this? Questlove co-founded The Roots, which is, among other things, the house band for "The Tonight Show," where Questlove serves as the music director. GROSS: That's so funny because you had suspected - you didn't believe it when people told you 'cause your father had never confirmed it. QUESTLOVE: She's channeling magic through God, yes, absolutely. Were you already a big Nina Simone fan? So how do you get B.B. Of course, in the history of that show, only two people can trace their slave ship and the country and sort of the area from which they came from. He has a new book that will be published in the fall called "Music Is History," focusing on 1971 to the present. And then suddenly, to watch them have more excitement than the kids at the end of the set, that, to me, is almost like - that should be taught in every university, like, on how to really engage and perform and really have a plan that's unmarked and unprecedented and really execute it to perfection. That particular moment that we just saw with Marilyn McCoo, I realized something. One night we're with, you know, like, Soundgarden, the next night - or Rage Against the Machine. Oh, I heard it through the grapevine. GROSS: Questlove, for you, when you're playing for different audiences, you're doing that in part because you love so many different kinds of music. But really, it's just the audacity to dream. Even though it could be very hip-hop, it's still just, like, so elaborate and staged. You could've told me and said that you were loving somebody else. And the singer, you know, the singer has so much spirit, the lead singer. And so that was it. The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival featured some of the biggest names in Black music, but it had largely faded from history. And so he didn't let that deter him. It was considered a pivotal year for Black America — "when the 'Negro' died and 'Black . Black Woodstock: Directed by Questlove, Hal Tulchin. But as he worked on the film through Black Lives . Is As Great As You'd Hope. An inspiring memoir of making it against stacked odds, experiencing extreme highs and lows of success and pain, and breaking racial barriers, My Life in the Purple Kingdom is also the story of a young man learning his craft and honing his ... Jimi Hendrix didn't play the Harlem Cultural Festival, the "Black Woodstock" featured in the exhilarating new musical documentary Summer of Soul. He co-founded the band The Roots, which is the house band for "The Tonight Show," where he serves as music director. The title of the movie is derived from the term that Harlem residents used to describe the festival. For Questlove, The Pandemic Meant Embracing Quiet — And Buying A Farm. Oh, happy day. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2021 NPR. Enter Questlove, who uses Tulchin's footage to reassemble the untold story of the 1969 edition. QUESTLOVE: Yes, in my heart, at the age of 50, I could say that I genuinely love every type of music you ever present to me. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. GROSS: There's gospel music presented at the concert, including by, you know, one of the greatest, Mahalia Jackson. Harlem's "Black Woodstock" Comes To Life In Trailer For Questlove's Documentary "Summer Of Soul" by Ben Yakas. His new documentary is called "Summer Of Soul." Let me study them since I know them so well now, you know. So, again, the whole family knew of this fact. And, you know, you look at David Ruffin's performance in this film, and he's wearing a wool tuxedo and a coat, like, scorching in the middle of July. She gave it to us good. Questlove, welcome back to FRESH AIR. 737 Bolivar Rd., “Black Woodstock” will include 40 hours of never-seen-before footage originally shot by late television pioneer Hal Tulchin. He's our grandfather. We never seen - wait. GROSS: Yeah. Dorothy Day is the exceptional biography of a dedicated modern-day pacifist, an outspoken advocate for the poor, and a lifelong anarchist. Let's get back to my interview with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Local journalism is information. Boy, take a good look at these tears of mine. Based on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's The Deviant's War unfolds over the course of the 1960s, as the Mattachine Society of Washington, the group Kameny founded, ... Writers of letters selected for publication will be notified via email. The film . And that's another thing, like, with the gospel portion, a lot of gospel acts were catching fire because the church felt like it was sinful for them to sing in that style but not sing about just the lord. We didn't like that. King? And so that, you know, precious lord summit meeting that I call it really wasn't planned. Author Jeff Kaliss scored the first face-to-face interview with the reclusive superstar in over 20 years, making this book a must-read for any rock'n'roll fan.
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