Film

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021

Name: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Released: 2021-07-02

117 min TMDB 7.6 Music Documentary History

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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Official trailer

Cast

Stevie Wonder as Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self - Artist
Chris Rock as Self - Artist
Tony Lawrence as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
B.B. King as Self (archive footage)