IDA Documentary Awards Nominations: ‘Summer of Soul,’ ‘Not Going Quietly’ Top Nods

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After taking six Critics Choice Documentary Awards over the weekend, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” was honored with four nominations from the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival winner and expected Oscar Documentary frontrunner earned nominations in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories.

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After taking six Critics Choice Documentary Awards over the weekend, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” was honored with four nominations from the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival winner and expected Oscar Documentary frontrunner earned nominations in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories.

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Televised) is picking up steam as awards season accelerates.

swept the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” led all films in nominations for the International Documentary Association’s IDA Documentary Awards, which were announced on Monday.“Summer of Love” was nominated in four categories, followed by Jessica Beshir’s “Faya Dayi” and Nicholas Bruckman’s “Not Going Quietly,” with three nods each.In the Best Feature category, those three films will be going up against Arami Ullon’s “Nothing But the Sun,” Jonas

Searchlight’s Sundance acquisition Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson took several prizes at the sixth annual Critics Choices Documentary Awards on Sunday, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Director (a tie), Best First Documentary Feature, Best Editing, Best Archival Documentary and Best Music Documentary.

“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” took home six awards from the Sixth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, Sunday night, including Best Documentary Feature.Acclaimed musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson also won for his directorial debut shaping a treasure trove of footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival for “Summer of Soul.”  More to come…

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Jordan Moreau Roger Ross Williams, Ronan Farrow, Jean Tsien, Cecilla Aldarondo, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh will be honored at the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards.Williams, who won the 2010 Oscar for best documentary, short subjects with “Music by Prudence,” will receive the Career Achievement Award.