Questlove is ready to direct a brand new documentary in regards to the historical past of Saturday Evening Stay’s musical company, Deadline and Variety report. To coincide with SNL’s 5 a long time on the air, Girls & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music will “function untold tales behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking, and newsmaking musical performances, sketches, and cameos of the previous 50 years,” in keeping with a press launch. The movie will embrace interviews with over 50 artists, together with Bad Bunny, Elvis Costello, Billie Eilish, Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, Jack White, and plenty of others. The documentary, co-directed by Oz Rodriguez, will air January 27 on NBC.
Saturday Evening Stay’s fiftieth season has featured performances from Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Shaboozey, Mk.gee, Chappell Roan, Stevie Nicks, Coldplay, and Jelly Roll. Charli XCX additionally stopped by studio 8H to each host and perform final month. This weekend, SNL’s final episode earlier than breaking for the vacations shall be hosted by Martin Quick and have Hozier as musical visitor.
Questlove beforehand flexed his directorial muscle tissues with Summer season of Soul, his documentary in regards to the 1969 Harlem Cultural Competition which gained Best Music Film and Best Documentary on the 2022 Grammy Awards. Earlier this yr, the Roots drummer introduced Hip-Hop Is History, a brand new e-book about “the artistic and cultural forces that made and formed hip-hop.”
