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

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.

2021 |1h 57m |  Music, Documentary, History

Videos

Cast

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Stevie Wonder

Self

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

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Chris Rock

Self - Artist

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Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

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B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

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Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

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Mavis Staples

Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

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Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

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Sly Stone

Self - Performer (archive footage)

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Hugh Masekela

Self (archive footage)

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John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

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Ray Barretto

Self - Performer (archive footage)

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Questlove

Self (uncredited)

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Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self - Civic Leader

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Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

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Malcolm X

Self - Activist (archive footage)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Activist (archive footage)

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Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

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Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

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John F. Kennedy

Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)

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Jesse Jackson

Self

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Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)

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Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

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Redd Foxx

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

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Gladys Knight

Self - Musician

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Dinah Shore

Self (archive footage)

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Buzz Aldrin

Self (archive sound)

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Al Sharpton

Self - Minister & Activist

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Marilyn McCoo

Self - The 5th Dimension

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Sheila E.

Self - Musician

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Neil Armstrong

Self (archive sound)

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Willie Tyler

Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)

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Billy Davis Jr.

Self - The 5th Dimension

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John Chancellor

Self (archive footage)

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Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Self (archive footage)

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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self - Performer (archive footage)

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Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage)

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Selema Masekela

Self - Son of Hugh Masekela

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Kwame Ture

Self - Activist (archive footage)

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Greg Errico

Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$3,696,069.00