Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Rating: 7.6/10
Duration: 117 min
Year: 2021
Genres: Documentary, Music, History
Director(s): Questlove
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.
Cast
- Chris Rock as Self
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self
- B.B. King as Self (archive footage)
- Stevie Wonder as Self
- Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Lawrence as Self
- Abbey Lincoln as Self
- Mavis Staples as Self
- Mahalia Jackson as Self (archive footage)
- 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
