ONYX COLLECTIVE AND SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES ANNOUNCE JULY RELEASE FOR AHMIR “QUESTLOVE” THOMPSON’S “SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)”

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Onyx Col­lect­ive and Search­light Pic­tures announces that award-win­ning doc­u­ment­ary “Sum­mer of Soul (…or, When the Revolu­tion Could Not be Tele­vised),” will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ire­land on 16th July, and exclus­ively on Star on Dis­ney+ on 30th July.

In his acclaimed debut as a film­maker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a power­ful and trans­port­ing documentary—part music film, part his­tor­ic­al record cre­ated around an epic event that cel­eb­rated Black his­tory, cul­ture and fash­ion. Over the course of six weeks in the sum­mer of 1969, just one hun­dred miles south of Wood­stock, The Har­lem Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al was filmed in Mount Mor­ris Park (now Mar­cus Gar­vey Park). The foot­age was nev­er seen and largely forgotten–until now. SUM­MER OF SOUL shines a light on the import­ance of his­tory to our spir­itu­al well-being and stands as a test­a­ment to the heal­ing power of music dur­ing times of unrest, both past and present. The fea­ture includes nev­er-before-seen con­cert per­form­ances by Stevie Won­der, Nina Simone, Sly & the Fam­ily Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jack­son, B.B. King, The 5th Dimen­sion and more.

SUM­MER OF SOUL’s European Première will be the Open­ing Night of Shef­field Doc/Fest tomor­row, Fri­day 4th June, screen­ing at the Show­room Cinema in Shef­field and at select cinemas nationwide.

SUM­MER OF SOUL also premiered at the Sund­ance Film Fest­iv­al earli­er this year, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audi­ence Award.

Announced this spring, Onyx Col­lect­ive is a new con­tent brand from Dis­ney Gen­er­al Enter­tain­ment designed to cur­ate a slate of premi­um enter­tain­ment by cre­at­ors of col­our and under­rep­res­en­ted voices. “Sum­mer of Soul (…or, When the Revolu­tion Could Not be Tele­vised),” is the first offi­cial pro­ject under the Onyx Col­lect­ive brand.

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Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.