Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
PG-13
2021
117 minutes
Overview
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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Top Cast
Stevie Wonder
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self
Chris Rock
Self
Tony Lawrence
Self
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self
Mavis Staples
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
David Ruffin
Self
Sly Stone
Self
Hugh Masekela
Self
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
Ray Barretto
Self
Herbie Mann
Self
Mongo Santamaría
Self
Questlove
Self (uncredited)
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Self (uncredited)