Do you keep in mind the twenty first evening of September? Questlove does and he’s going to make a documentary about it.
The Summer time of Soul director has signed on to direct a documentary about Earth, Wind & Fireplace.
The movie will study the band’s legacy, cultural affect, and physique of labor and can function unique entry to the band’s archives of visible, audio, and written materials, in addition to the assist of the property of Maurice White and the band.
It’s the newest doc concerning the group after 2001’s Shining Stars: The Official Story of Earth, Wind & Fireplace.
Questlove, who gained an Oscar for Summer time of Soul, can also be behind an upcoming Sly Stone doc.
The movie is produced by RadicalMedia, Two One 5 Leisure, Damaged Halo Leisure, and Kinfolk Administration + Media and might be financed by Fifth Season. The latter can also be dealing with gross sales, alongside WME.
Questlove, RadicalMedia’s Dave Sirulnick and Samantha Grogin, in addition to Damaged Halo Leisure’s KB White, son of late band chief Maurice White, and Arron Saxe of Kinfolk Administration + Media, will function the movie’s producers, which might be produced in affiliation with Sony Music Imaginative and prescient.
Zarah Zohlman and Shawn Gee of Two One 5 Leisure, the manufacturing firm based by The Roots’ Questlove and Black Thought, will function govt producers, as will Jon Kamen of RadicalMedia, Cheo Hodari Coker, and Amos Newman.
Earth, Wind & Fireplace bought greater than 90 million data, had 11 consecutive albums go gold or platinum, and gained six Grammy Awards.
Questlove mentioned, “Having been baptized within the Afrocentric pleasure river of this powerhouse unit, I’ve discovered about them, I’ve discovered about us & extra importantly, I’ve discovered and rediscovered myself within the course of. I’m so excited to be a part of the method of preserving their optimistic however very susceptible and actual story of Soul, Self & Wrestle.”
Questlove is represented by WME and Shawn Gee.
