March 27, Ahmer’s “Questlav” Thompson-directed Summer of the soul (… or, when revolution can’t be television) Won Oscar for Best Documentary. A week later, the film won a Grammy for Best Music Film, becoming only the third documentary to achieve this feat. 20 feet from Stardom And Amy
The double win gave a huge boost Summer of Soul ‘Its viewership. As usual, Disney is not releasing streaming data but has confirmed that streaming on Hulu, Disney + and Star + increased by + 390% (which is Oscar and Grammy) between Onyx Collective, Searchlight Pictures and Hulu Documentary 3/27 – 4/5. Vs. 3/13 – 3/22.
The number of visitors has increased tremendously since the Oscars Summer of Soul Extra exposure to winning the category presented by Chris Rock, who was slapped by Will Smith shortly before the announcement. Summer of Soul As the winner. There was a second triple-digit jump immediately after the Grammys.
Directed by Thompson and produced by Joseph Patel, Robert Fiolant and David Dinerstein, Summer of Souls won Disney’s Onyx Collective and Hulu’s first Academy Award and Searchlight Pictures’ first Best Documentary Award. It was also Onyx Collective’s first Grammy Award.
Summer of the soul (… or, when revolution can’t be television) It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award. It is published by Disney’s Onyx Collective and Searchlight Pictures and is streaming on Hulu, Disney + and Star +.