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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron Williams" data-source="post: 4013"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/questlove-oscar.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="questlove oscar" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageDespite only being a first-time director, The Roots’ drummer <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-footage-holy-grail/" target="_blank">Questlove</a> has already entered rarified air as one of the nominees for the 2022 Academy Awards. he’s nominated for Best Original Documentary for his debut film, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-doc-wins-2021-sundace-grand-jury-prize/" target="_blank">Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)</a>, which captured the subversive energy and vibrant performances of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The documentary is also nominated for a <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-soundtrack/" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Music Film</a>, an impressive achievement for the veteran musician.Questlove himself seemed pretty pumped about the new nomination online — to the point of incoherence. He tweeted out an unintelligible string of characters before he was able to compose himself enough to write a tweet genuinely expressing his excitement. “Oscar Nominated Film Director Questlove……I just need to see this in print,” he wrote.Meanwhile, over on Instagram, he needed the help of some archival video to tell his followers “THIS IS HOW I FEEL.” “Man I’m so happy about this,” he wrote in the caption. “Thank you to every last soul that assisted in this journey from 1969 to tomorrow!!!”Should Questlove win the category (out of a field that also includes Ascension, Attica, Flee, and Writing With Fire, he’ll be halfway to an EGOT — and with Black Thought’s musical <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/black-throught-musical-black-no-more/" target="_blank">Black No More</a> still in the works, there’s time for Quest to attach his name and position himself for a potential Tony as well. Then all he’ll need is for John Oliver to take a season off and that EGOT’s in the bag.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-nominated-2022-oscars/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron Williams, post: 4013"] [IMG alt="questlove oscar"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/questlove-oscar.jpeg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] Despite only being a first-time director, The Roots’ drummer [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-footage-holy-grail/']Questlove[/URL] has already entered rarified air as one of the nominees for the 2022 Academy Awards. he’s nominated for Best Original Documentary for his debut film, [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-doc-wins-2021-sundace-grand-jury-prize/']Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)[/URL][/I], which captured the subversive energy and vibrant performances of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The documentary is also nominated for a [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-soundtrack/']Grammy Award for Best Music Film[/URL], an impressive achievement for the veteran musician. Questlove himself seemed pretty pumped about the new nomination online — to the point of incoherence. He tweeted out an unintelligible string of characters before he was able to compose himself enough to write a tweet genuinely expressing his excitement. “Oscar Nominated Film Director Questlove……I just need to see this in print,” he wrote. Meanwhile, over on Instagram, he needed the help of some archival video to tell his followers “THIS IS HOW I FEEL.” “Man I’m so happy about this,” he wrote in the caption. “Thank you to every last soul that assisted in this journey from 1969 to tomorrow!!!” Should Questlove win the category (out of a field that also includes [I]Ascension[/I], [I]Attica[/I], [I]Flee[/I], and [I]Writing With Fire[/I], he’ll be halfway to an EGOT — and with Black Thought’s musical [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/black-throught-musical-black-no-more/']Black No More[/URL][/I] still in the works, there’s time for Quest to attach his name and position himself for a potential Tony as well. Then all he’ll need is for John Oliver to take a season off and that EGOT’s in the bag. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-nominated-2022-oscars/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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