{"id":159187,"date":"2022-01-23T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=159187"},"modified":"2022-01-23T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:42:08","slug":"onyx-collective-presents-summer-of-soul-a-necessary-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/onyx-collective-presents-summer-of-soul-a-necessary-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-23-at-6.26.42-PM-1024x448.png\" alt=\"Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-159194\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story with &#8216;Summer of Soul&#8217; director Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson and Onyx Collective\u2019s President Tara Duncan. Listen to this important, intimate conversation about Black erasure and getting history right. The conversation was moderated by The Atlantic\u2019s Hannah Giorgis, with the group reflecting on the importance of building transformative narratives and curating untold stories that have the power to change the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the entire conversation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackhousefoundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/onyx-collective-presents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crowdcast<\/a>, or watch now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PANELISTS:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hannah Giorgis&nbsp;<em>(Moderator)<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is a staff writer at The Atlantic who covers culture. Before joining The Atlantic in 2018, she was the special projects editor over at The Ringer, where she produced editorial packages in addition to regularly editing pop-culture pieces. Prior to that, Giorgis wrote about culture and style for BuzzFeed\/BuzzFeed News. Her essays and reporting have also appeared in publications including the New York Times magazine, New Yorker, Bon App\u00e9tit, and Pitchfork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson<\/strong><br>Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots \u2013 Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia\u2019s most influential hip-hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Beyond that, this 5-time GRAMMY Award winning musician&#8217;s indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D&#8217;Angelo to Eminem to Jay-Z. He also made his directorial debut with the acclaimed feature documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/02\/sundance-review-summer-of-soul-ahmir-questlove-thompsons-directorial-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer of Soul<\/a>, which explores the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The film premiered on the opening night of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary. The film most recently broke the record for the highest selling documentary to come out of Sundance when it was acquired by Searchlight\/Hulu. Questlove is also set to direct the upcoming Sly Stone feature documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tara Duncan<\/strong>&nbsp;is president of Freeform and the newly created Onyx Collective. She reports to Dana Walden, chairman of Entertainment, Walt Disney Television.<br><br>In her first year, Duncan spearheaded the formation of Onyx Collective, a new content brand under Disney General Entertainment that is committed to inclusive storytelling from creators of color and underrepresented voices. Under the umbrella, she acquired the Sundance breakout documentary \u201cSummer of Soul\u2026 (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised),\u201d which was distributed theatrically by Searchlight Pictures and streamed domestically by Hulu. The brand\u2019s roster of prolific creators includes Natasha Rothwell, Ryan Coogler, Prentice Penny and Destin Daniel Cretton.<br><br>Duncan joined Disney General Entertainment from her overall deal at Hulu, where she curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris\u2019 acclaimed novel \u201cThe Other Black Girl.&#8221; Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix, overseeing the hit series \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d and \u201cNarcos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-23-at-6.26.42-PM-1024x448.png\" alt=\"Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-159194\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>About Onyx Collective<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onyx Collective is a new content brand formed under Disney General Entertainment Content (DGE) designed to curate a slate of premium programming by artists of color and underrepresented voices. Onyx Collective\u2019s debut project, Questlove\u2019s award-winning documentary \u201cSummer of Soul (&#8230;or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised),\u201d debuted this summer and was recently declared \u201cthe best film of 2021\u201d by The New York Times. The brand\u2019s roster of prolific creators also includes writer and comedian Natasha Rothwell (\u201cInsecure,\u201d \u201cSNL\u201d), writer, producer and director Prentice Penny\u2019s Penny for Your Thoughts, Ryan Coogler\u2019s Proximity Media (\u201cJudas and the Black Messiah,\u201d \u201cBlack Panther\u201d) and writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton and his production company Family Owned.Follow on Twitter:@OnyxCollective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onyx Collective Presents Summer of Soul, A Necessary Story with &#8216;Summer of Soul&#8217; director Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson and Onyx Collective\u2019s President Tara Duncan. Listen to this important, intimate conversation about Black erasure and getting history right. 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