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— that one will be outdoors. But if you’re still not ready to venture into the world, BIFF has you
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STILL FROM ‘SUMMERTIME’
And with that out of the way, let’s Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), the debut from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Composed primarily from archiFestival, Summer of Soul is part concert film, part reclaimed history. (Stevie Wonder, Sly & the Family Stone, Nina Simone, The 5th Dimension, and on and on) for a series of Tulchin. But Tulchin found no takers held 100 miles north in Woodstock year — and so Tulchin’s reels were left unused and unseen for 50 years. That’s when two producers, David Dinerstein and Robert Fyvolent, Thompson, who took the ball and ran
Welcome back
The Boulder International Film Festival returns
Prize and the Audience Award for Documentary at this past Sundance Film Festival. Summer of Soul is a joyous portrait of a far-less joyous time in American history. And some are overcome with emotion. It’s beautiful. And the story Mavis Staple shares of Mahalia
by Michael J. Casey ON THE BILL: The
17th Boulder International Film Festival
Ditto for Summertime, the latest from Carlos López Estrada — of Blindspotting fame. Set Summertime deeper divisions. All of them are messy and free — in the best way possible. Summertime is Welcome Strangers
venues. Information at biff1.com.
The Silence of Quarantine, about two elderly AfriThe Incredible Lamont,
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