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 —… Read more
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Where to watch: Disney
Movie · Music · Documentary · PG-13
2021 · 1h 57m · ★ 95% (75K)
A Questlove Jawn.
Director: Questlove
Starring: Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Rock
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.
Director
Questlove
Production
Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia, Vulcan Productions, Concordia Studio
Cast
Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Rock, Tony Lawrence, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Abbey Lincoln, Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, David Ruffin, Sly Stone, Hugh Masekela, John V. Lindsay, Ray Barretto, Herbie Mann, Mongo Santamaría, Questlove, Luis A. Miranda Jr., Walter Cronkite, Malcolm X