Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
A Questlove Jawn.
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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Stevie Wonder
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Artist
Chris Rock
Artist
Tony Lawrence
Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Nina Simone
(archive footage)
B.B. King
(archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
(archive footage)
Mavis Staples
Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Mahalia Jackson
(archive footage)
David Ruffin
Self
Sly Stone
Performer (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
(archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
(archive footage)
Ray Barretto
Performer (archive footage)
Herbie Mann
(archive footage)
Mongo Santamaría
Performer (archive footage)
Questlove
(uncredited)
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Civic Leader
Walter Cronkite
Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Activist (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Activist (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self
Moms Mabley
(archive footage)
Max Roach
(archive footage)
Fidel Castro
(archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Dorinda Drake
Festival Attendee
Barbara Bland-Acosta
Festival Attendee
Darryl Lewis
Festival Attendee
Gladys Knight
Musician
Dinah Shore
(archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin
(archive sound)
Al Sharpton
Minister & Activist
Marilyn McCoo
The 5th Dimension
Sheila E.
Musician
Berry Gordy
Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong
(archive sound)
George Kirby
(archive footage)
Willie Tyler
Ventriloquist (archive footage)
Billy Davis Jr.
The 5th Dimension
John Chancellor
(archive footage)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
(archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Performer (archive footage)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Performer (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
(archive footage)
Selema Masekela
Son of Hugh Masekela
Edwin Hawkins
Performer (archive footage)
Kwame Ture
Activist (archive footage)
Bones Howe
Music Producer (archive footage)
Greg Errico
Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone
Roy Ayers
Self
Musa Jackson
Festival Attendee
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Former Reporter, The New York Times
Cholly Atkins
Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)
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