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

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

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

2021-07-02

(US) •

Music,

Documentary,

History

A Questlove Jawn.

7.6/10

User

Score

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.

Movie Cast

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

Stevie Wonder

Self

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

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

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

Chris Rock

Self

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

Tony Lawrence

Self

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

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

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

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

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

Abbey Lincoln

Self

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

Mavis Staples

Self

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

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

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

David Ruffin

Self

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

Sly Stone

Self

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

Hugh Masekela

Self

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

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

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

Ray Barretto

Self

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

Herbie Mann

Self

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

Mongo Santamaría

Self

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

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

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

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self

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

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

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

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

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

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

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

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

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

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

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

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)

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

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

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

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

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

Redd Foxx

Self (uncredited)