2021 · 117 min
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Music · Documentary · History
Plot
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.
Cast
Stevie Wonder
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
David Ruffin
Self
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
Crew
David Dinerstein
Producer
Robert Fyvolent
Producer
Joseph Patel
Producer
Questlove
Director
Shawn Peters
Director of Photography
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