Festival selection / Film
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
- Year
- 2021
- Director
- Questlove
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genre
- Music, Documentary, History
Synopsis
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.
Festival record
- LFF 21
Where to watch
US availability
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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)
Mahalia JacksonSelf (archive footage)- David RuffinSelf
Trailer
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