

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
7.623 ?
Jul 02, 2021
Music, Documentary, History
1h 57m
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.
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.

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