Questlove Takes Home Top Honors at Sundance, and Other News – SURFACE
Questlove’s documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival wins at Sundance. Summer of Soul, a documentary about what’s often referred to as the Black Woodstock, and a feature about a hearing daughter in a deaf family took home top honors at the Sundance Film Festival’s first virtual edition. In the nonfiction category, both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award went to Summer of Soul, a gripping montage of never-before-seen concert footage and history lesson by first-time filmmaker Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove. In the dramatic features category, both the U.S...