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

1h 57min

Music

Documentary

History

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.

Production Companies

Mass Distraction Media

RadicalMedia

Vulcan Productions

Concordia Studio

Cast

Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)
B.B. King

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)
Questlove

Questlove

Self (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)
Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)
Max Roach

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx

Self (uncredited)

Release date

2nd Jul 2021

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English