Jul 02, 2021
117 min
Full-HD

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

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.

Category

Music Documentary History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Mass Distraction Media RadicalMedia Vulcan Productions Concordia Studio

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

Chris Rock

Self

Tony Lawrence

Self

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self

Mavis Staples

Self

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