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

A Questlove Jawn.

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

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Release date

2021-07-02

Country

United States

Production

RadicalMedia, Mass Distraction Media, Vulcan Productions

Genre

Music, Documentary, History

Budget

Revenue

$37 000 000

Website

https://www.searchlightpictures.com/summerofsoul/

Director

Questlove

Actors

Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Rock, Tony Lawrence, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Abbey Lincoln, Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, David Ruffin
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Producer

Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel, David Dinerstein, Davis Guggenheim, Jon Kamen, Jonathan Silberberg, Beth Hubbard, Nicole Stott, Rocky Collins, Dave Sirulnick

Operator

Shawn Peters

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Artist

Audition

Editing

Joshua L. Pearson
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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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