Across four documentaries — the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul,” “Sly Lives,” “Ladies and Gentlemen, 50 Years of Saturday Night Live Music” and the new “Earth, Wind & Fire (to Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World),” which arrives on HBO Sunday night — Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, drummer and leader of the Roots […]

The 25th Tribeca Festival sprang to life Wednesday night with the world premiere of Oscar and Grammy- winning Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s feature documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire. The legendary band played a short but boisterous set after with The Roots drummer joining. In opening remarks, Robert De Niro slammed the nation’s “monstrous” government. “We’ve […]

Questlove tells the band’s story, and Maurice White’s story, in a way that’s at once thrilling and haunting. He captures their rightful place in the pop cosmos.