Questlove Enlists Michelle & Barack Obama To Dissect The Genius Of Earth, Wind & Fire In First Trailer For HBO Doc

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HBO has dropped nan first trailer for Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire documentary. 

The characteristic doc examines nan tremendous taste power of nan legendary psyche group Earth, Wind & Fire. 

The charismatic synopsis reads: “Acclaimed producer, director, and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson tells nan communicative of nan legendary nine-time Grammy Award-winning set Earth, Wind & Fire, tracing their genesis done precocious founding personnel Maurice White, chronicling their evolution, highs and lows, and relevance from nan 1970s into nan coming time while exploring nan heavy philosophical and belief meaning down their connection and music.

“Drawing from nan band’s rich | visual, audio, and written archives, including never-before-seen footage, nan movie plays for illustration an experiential kaleidoscope of images, colors, and music, transporting viewers to nan vibrancy of unrecorded performances that person electrified fans past and present.”

Earth, Wind & Fire debuted successful nan early 1970s pinch a bid of charting albums and a brace of Top 10 R&B hits earlier breaking retired pinch nan funky No. 1 popular deed “Shining Star” successful 1975. It was nan first of 7 Top 10s, including nan chart-topping “Sing a Song” and classics “September” and “After nan Love Has Gone.” EWF besides scored six consecutive Top 10 LPs from 1975-81.

Produced by Questlove, Dave Sirulnick, and Samantha Grogin, KB White, and Arron Saxe, nan movie will unfastened this year’s Tribeca Film Festival earlier streaming connected HBO Max from June 7. Jon Kamen, Cheo Hodari Coker, Karla Zambrano, Zarah Zohlman, Shawn Gee, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, and Amos Newman are nan executive producers.

Contributors featured successful nan doc see Barack and Michelle Obama, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, and nan musician H.E.R. 

Check retired nan trailer above. 

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