Baltimore Sunhttps://www.baltimoresun.comen-US© 2021 Baltimore SunBaltimore Sun News FeedSun, 04 Jul 2021 04:35:10 +00001hourly1‘Summer of Soul’ documentary pulsates with the creativity, energy and edge of Harlem life in 1969 | COMMENTARYhttps://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bs-ed-zontv-0704-summer-soul-sixtynine-20210702-3anphw7ayvb4paib3s6fvdo3mu-story.html#ed=rss_www.baltimoresun.com/arcio/rss/category/entertainment/tv/https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bs-ed-zontv-0704-summer-soul-sixtynine-20210702-3anphw7ayvb4paib3s6fvdo3mu-story.htmlDavid ZurawikFri, 02 Jul 2021 09:45:00 +0000Through interviews with artists and attendees, keen historical analysis and archival film beyond that of the festival, director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has created a musically-charged social document that captures what it felt like in the summer of 1969 to be young and alive at a time of great cultural change in music, fashion, politics and, most of all, civil rights.Through interviews with artists and attendees, keen historical analysis and archival film beyond that of the festival, director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has created a musically-charged social document that captures what it felt like in the summer of 1969 to be young and alive at a time of great cultural change in music, fashion, politics and, most of all, civil rights.

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