Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 • Music | Documentary
7.6 (199)
Questlove
Director
Status
Released
Release date
July 2, 2021
Duration
117 Min
Language
en
Popularity
12.02
Budget
$0
Revenue
$3,696,069
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.
Cast
Stevie Wonder
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Chris Rock
Nina Simone
B.B. King
Abbey Lincoln
Mavis Staples
Mahalia Jackson
Sly Stone
Hugh Masekela
John V. Lindsay
Ray Barretto
Questlove
Walter Cronkite
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Jesse Jackson
Moms Mabley
Fidel Castro
Redd Foxx