Review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. Far and away the most important and uplifting new release this week is summer of soul, questlove s sundance award winning documentary that uncovers a treasure trove of footstomping, heart stopping live music footage that, incredibly, has remained hidden for half a century. Are you ready, black people? crowd:. , , are you really ready? ready! are you ready to listen to all the beautiful black voices, the beautiful black feeling, the beautiful black waves moving in beautiful air? are you ready, black people? are you ready? documenting the 1969 harlem cultural festival that has until now been effectively erased from pop culture history, summer of soul boasts a jaw dropping roster of acts who performed in mount morris park over six consecutive weekends including stevie wonder, nina simone, sly and the family stone, gladys knight and the pips, bb king, the fifth dimension and ma
When neil armstrong takes one small step for a man, the concertgoer reacts by stating, never mind the moon, let s get some of that cash in harlem a sentiment echoed by the reverend jesse jackson. The fact that no one was interested in this historic footage of the harlem cultural festival for so long stands as evidence of the whitewashing of american history, a subject that seems particularly pertinent at the moment. Plaudits, then, to director ahmir thompson, aka musician questlove, who begins and ends his film with a festival goer reviewing the newly uncovered footage for the first time, and then tearfully thanking the film maker for proving to him that he isn t crazy this really happened. We wanted progress. We are black people and we should be proud of this. We were coming together to say this is our world, and how beautiful it was. Thanks to this terrific film, that s something we can all share in. I can take you higher. We believed in what we felt in here. Just go do it! summe
Far and away the most important and uplifting new release this week is summer of soul, questlove s sundance award winning documentary that uncovers a treasure trove of footstomping, heart stopping live music footage that, incredibly, has remained hidden for half a century. Are you ready, black people? crowd: ready! are you really ready? ready! are you ready to listen to all the beautiful black voices, the beautiful black feeling, the beautiful black waves moving in beautiful air? are you ready, black people? are you ready? documenting the 1969 harlem cultural festival that has until now been effectively erased from pop culture history, summer of soul boasts a jaw dropping roster of acts who performed in mount morris park over six consecutive weekends including stevie wonder, nina simone, sly and the family stone, gladys knight and the pips, bb king, the fifth dimension and many, many more. Nobody ever heard of the harlem culture festival. Nobody would believe that happened. The acts
hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. one of the most intriguing films at last month s bfi london film festival was possessor, the second feature from canadian writer director brandon cronenberg. dramatic ambient electronic music plays set in an alternate 2008, this enjoyably squishy sci fi thriller features andrea riseborough as tasya vos, an assassin working for a sinister industrial espionage company who transplant the consciousness of their agents into unwitting hosts to carry out covert hits. like a much nastier version of inception. for her latest assignment, vos possesses the body of colin tate, played by christopher abbott, effectively doing an impression of andrea riseborough doing an impression of christopher abbott. think of the ‘80s comedy all of me, in which steve martin s body is accidentally filled with the soul of lily tomlin. then try and imagine that movie n