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

(2021)

July 2, 2021 1h 57m
76%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Questlove

Director

Top Billed Cast

SW

Stevie Wonder

Self

LM

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

CR

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

TL

Tony Lawrence

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

NS

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

BK

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

AL

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

MS

Mavis Staples

Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

MJ

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

DR

David Ruffin

Self

Official Trailer