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

2021    1h 57m    PG-13
Documentary, History,
8.099%98%76%
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.
Directed By
Questlove
Studio
Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia, Vulcan Productions

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Cast of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Stevie WonderSelf
  • Lin-Manuel MirandaSelf
  • Chris RockSelf
  • Tony LawrenceSelf
  • Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)
  • B.B. KingSelf (archive footage)
  • Abbey LincolnSelf
  • Mavis StaplesSelf
  • Mahalia JacksonSelf (archive footage)
  • David RuffinSelf
  • Sly StoneSelf
  • Hugh MasekelaSelf
  • John V. LindsaySelf (archive footage)
  • Ray BarrettoSelf
  • Herbie MannSelf
  • Mongo SantamaríaSelf
  • QuestloveSelf (uncredited)
  • Luis MirandaSelf
  • Walter CronkiteSelf (archive footage)
  • Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
  • Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
  • Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
  • Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
  • John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
  • Jesse JacksonSelf (archive footage)
  • Moms MableySelf (archive footage)
  • Max RoachSelf (archive footage)
  • Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
  • Redd FoxxSelf (uncredited)
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  • Summer Of Soul: Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised: Soul Searching (Featurette)
  • Summer Of Soul: Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised: Harlem: Then & Now (Featurette)
  • Summer Of Soul: Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised: Gladys Knight & The Pips
  • Summer Of Soul: Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised: Musa Jackson & The 5th Dimension
  • Summer Of Soul: Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised: Mongo Santamaria & Style In Harlem

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