Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Shaka King speak with Hannah Giorgis about the origins and processes behind their films Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and Judas and the Black Messiah, the profound upheavals of the '60s and our current moment, the value of Black art, and more.

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