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

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A Questlove Jawn.

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.

Description: 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.

Genres: Music, Documentary, History

Homepage: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/summerofsoul/

Budget: $0 | Revenue : $3,696,069

Runtime: 117 minutes

Release Date: 2021-07-02

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Stevie Wonder

Played Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Played Self - Artist

Chris Rock

Played Self - Artist

Tony Lawrence

Played Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Played Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Played Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Played Self (archive footage)

Mavis Staples

Played Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

Mahalia Jackson

Played Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Played Self

Sly Stone

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Hugh Masekela

Played Self (archive footage)

John V. Lindsay

Played Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Herbie Mann

Played Self (archive footage)

Mongo Santamaría

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Questlove

Played Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Played Self - Civic Leader

Walter Cronkite

Played Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Played Self - Activist (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Played Self - Activist (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Played Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Played Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Played Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Played Self

Moms Mabley

Played Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

Played Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Played Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Played Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

Dorinda Drake

Played Self - Festival Attendee

Barbara Bland-Acosta

Played Self - Festival Attendee

Darryl Lewis

Played Self - Festival Attendee

Gladys Knight

Played Self - Musician

Dinah Shore

Played Self (archive footage)

Buzz Aldrin

Played Self (archive sound)

Al Sharpton

Played Self - Minister & Activist

Marilyn McCoo

Played Self - The 5th Dimension

Sheila E.

Played Self - Musician

Berry Gordy

Played Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)

Neil Armstrong

Played Self (archive sound)

George Kirby

Played Self (archive footage)

Willie Tyler

Played Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)

Billy Davis Jr.

Played Self - The 5th Dimension

John Chancellor

Played Self (archive footage)

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Played Self (archive footage)

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner

Played Self (archive footage)

Selema Masekela

Played Self - Son of Hugh Masekela

Edwin Hawkins

Played Self - Performer (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Played Self - Activist (archive footage)

Bones Howe

Played Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

Greg Errico

Played Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

Roy Ayers

Played Self

Musa Jackson

Played Self - Festival Attendee

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Played Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times

Cholly Atkins

Played Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)

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