Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)1h57
Music · Documentary · History
Director Questlove
Also directed Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
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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Cast
Stevie Wonder
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Chris Rock
Tony Lawrence
Nina Simone
B.B. King
Abbey Lincoln
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