Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

<p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/k99xo-ue5aq-123">Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson</a> on how sifting through 40 hours of archival footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival — where legends like Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder performed in the same summer as Woodstock — led to his debut documentary, ‘"<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-29/questlove-summer-of-soul-documentary-black-joy">Summer of Soul</a>.” Plus, how the parallel protests of 2020 and 1969, as well as a focus on Black joy, helped to shape the film, and why he still considers "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon his creative epicenter.</p><p> </p><p>To read a full transcript of this interview, please visit the episode page at <a href="https://www.latimes.com//entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-02-08/how-questlove-resurfaced-the-forgotten-black-woodstock-in-summer-of-soul"><strong>latimes.com</strong></a></p><p> </p>