Questlove is ready to direct a brand new documentary in regards to the historical past of Saturday Evening Dwell’s musical visitors, Deadline and Variety report. To coincide with SNL’s 5 a long time on the air, Girls & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music will “characteristic untold tales behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking, and newsmaking musical performances, sketches, and cameos of the previous 50 years.” The movie will embody interviews with over 50 artists, together with Bad Bunny, Elvis Costello, Billie Eilish, Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and Jack White. The documentary, co-directed by Oz Rodriguez, will air on January 27 on NBC.
Saturday Evening Dwell’s fiftieth season has featured performances from Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Shaboozey, Mk.gee, Chappell Roan, Stevie Nicks, Coldplay, and Jelly Roll. Charli XCX additionally stopped by studio 8H to host and perform final month. This weekend, SNL’s final episode earlier than breaking for the vacations shall be hosted by Martin Brief and have Hozier as musical visitor.
Questlove beforehand flexed his directorial muscular tissues with Summer time of Soul, his documentary in regards to the 1969 Harlem Cultural Competition which gained Best Music Film and Best Documentary on the 2022 Grammy Awards. It additionally gained the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Earlier this yr, the Roots drummer launched Hip-Hop Is History, a brand new ebook about “the artistic and cultural forces that made and formed hip-hop.”
