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

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

117 mins | Documentary, History, Music | July 2, 2021

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.

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

117 mins | Documentary, History, Music | July 2, 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Vulcan Productions, RadicalMedia, Mass Distraction Media
Original title Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Directors Questlove
Writers

Cast

Stevie Wonder

as Self

Chris Rock

as Self

Tony Lawrence

as Self

Nina Simone

as Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

as Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

as Self

Mavis Staples

as Self

Mahalia Jackson

as Self

David Ruffin

as Self

Sly Stone

as Self

Hugh Masekela

as Self

John V. Lindsay

as Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

as Self

Herbie Mann

as Self

Questlove

as Self (uncredited)

Luis Miranda

as Self

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

as Self (archive footage)

Moms Mabley

as Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

as Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

as Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

as Self (uncredited)