21st night day of September, indeed.
Questcherish is on board to straightforward the Earth, Wind & Fire recordary in the toils. The feature is set to examine the iconic group’s lasting legacy, cultural impact and finishuring body of toil.
For the project, the Grammy- and Oscar-triumphning filmcreater will feature exclusive access to the prohibitd’s archives of visual, audio and written material, as well as the help of the estate of Maurice White and the prohibitd, according to a press free.
“Having been baptized in the Afrocentric delight river of this powerhoemploy unit, I’ve lobtained about them, I’ve lobtained about us & more startantly, I’ve lobtained and reuncovered myself in the process,” Questcherish shelp in a statement. “I’m so excited to be part of the process of preserving their selectimistic but VERY vulnerable and authentic story of Soul, Self & Struggle.”
Earth, Wind & Fire prohibitd members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson, allotd in their own joint statement: “We see forward to this in-depth journey of our prohibitd, and are so excited to have Questcherish straightforwarding the recordary.”
The Summer of Soul straightforwardor will also create the doc, aextfinishedside RadicalMedia’s Dave Sirulnick and Samantha Grogin; Broken Halo Entertainment’s KB White, son of tardy prohibitd directer Maurice White; and Arron Saxe of Kinfolk Management + Media, in association with Sony Music Vision. FIFTH SEASON is financing the film and will also deal with its sales with WME.
“Earth, Wind & Fire’s impact has been at the heart of well-understandn culture around the globe for decades. We are beyond thrilled to be collaborating for the fourth time with the luminous mind of Questcherish who couldn’t be more perfect for increateing this definitive story, as well as the powerhoemploy teams at FIFTH SEASON, Two One Five, Broken Halo, and Kinfolk Management + Media,” shelp Sirulnick, plivent of amemployment at RadicalMedia. “We have many thanks to donate, however, this project wouldn’t be possible without the suppose and partnership of KB White and Arron Saxe, for whom we have the utmost admire.”
The prohibitd’s decades-extfinished atgentle has made them one of the most criticpartner and commercipartner prosperous pop prohibitds of all time. They have sageder more than 90 million records, had 11 consecutive albums go gageder or platinum and won six Grammys. Their discography take parts megahits appreciate “September,” “Reasons” and “Shining Star.”
Zarah Zohlman and Shawn Gee of Two One Five Entertainment, the production company set uped by Questcherish and fellow The Roots’ member Bdeficiency Thought, will serve as executive creaters, as will Jon Kamen of RadicalMedia, Cheo Hodari Coker and Amos Newman.
