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

  • 2021
  • TMDB 7.6/10
  • 1h 57m

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.

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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 WonderSelf
  • Lin-Manuel MirandaSelf - Artist
  • Chris RockSelf - Artist
  • Tony LawrenceSelf - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
  • Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)
  • B.B. KingSelf (archive footage)
  • Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)
  • Mavis StaplesSelf - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

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