Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ Inspires Harlem Festival of Culture Revival
The award-winning documentary has sparked a modern reimagining of the famed 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
The award-winning documentary has sparked a modern reimagining of the famed 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
Disney’s Onyx Collective and WarnerMedia OneFifty helped small movies win big. That’s exciting news for the independent sector.
“Summer of Soul” producer Joseph Patel took to Twitter in a since-deleted thread to call out 2022 Oscars presenter Chris Rock.
Overwhelmingly, the winner of the DGA award tends to win both directing and Best Picture Oscars.
The International Documentary Association Awards and Cinema Eye Honors show where the Oscar winds blow, and also celebrate craft accomplishment.
This year’s race is a close one, between “Summer of Soul” and “Flee,” nominated in two other categories, an Oscar first. (Constantly updated.)
“Anybody who tells you that they know that,” said Searchlight co-president David Greenbaum, “have them call us.”
There are no rules against non-fiction films securing Best Picture nominations. So why hasn’t it happened yet?
The IDA is one of several awards groups that help create momentum for documentary Oscar contenders.
“The Rescue,” “Ascension,” and “Faya Dayi” also pulled in multiple nominations for the annual event, which serves to “recognize excellence in artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking.”
The first-time director was “‘Matrix’ bullet–dodging responsibility” to get out of helming what became a Sundance-winning documentary.
The two films notched six nominations apiece, while R.J. Cutler will receive the Critics Choice Association’s esteemed Pennebaker Award.