Review of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) by Selome Hailu for Austin Chronicle — 01 Jul 2021

Throughout the film, Questlove deconstructs the sterility of a typical talking heads documentary. The inclusion of interviews isn’t to incorporate some sense of detached expertise. When faces do remain in focus, it’s to highlight the width of their grins, the tears in their eyes, their open mouths while watching the footage, their shock that someone else finally remembers.