Press Play with Madeleine Brand
‘Summer of Soul’: Questlove gives new life to the summer of 1969 with directorial debut
Critics review “Summer of Soul,” a documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and the directorial debut of Questlove; “The Forever Purge,” the latest installment in “The Purge” franchise that focuses on the one day per year when all crime,…
By Madeleine Brand • • 15m ListenCritics review “Summer of Soul,” a documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and the directorial debut of Questlove; “The Forever Purge,” the latest installment in “The Purge” franchise that focuses on the one day per year when all crime, including murder, is legal; “America The Motion Picture,” an animated riff on what would happen if the founding fathers were all bros; “Zola,” based on a Twitter thread from 2015 about two young women getting into trouble on an impromptu trip to Florida.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Christy Lemire
Film critic , writer, and co-host of the YouTube channel “Breakfast All Day”
Amy Nicholson
host of the podcast “Unspooled” and film reviewer for the Los Angeles Times
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