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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

A Questlove Jawn.

2021•1h 57m•7.6/10
MusicDocumentaryHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.6/10(220)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

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Production

Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia, Vulcan Productions, Concordia Studio

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence

Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela

Self (archive footage)

John V. Lindsay

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Herbie Mann

Self (archive footage)

Mongo Santamaría

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Questlove

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self - Civic Leader

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Self - Activist (archive footage)

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