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

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

A Questlove Jawn.

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.

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  • Release Date: 2021-07-02
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Director: Questlove

Where to Watch Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Online

You can now watch Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) online on the following streaming services in the United States.

    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Stevie Wonder

      Self

    • Lin-Manuel Miranda

      Self - Artist

    • Chris Rock

      Self - Artist

    • Tony Lawrence

      Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)

    • Nina Simone

      Self (archive footage)

    • B.B. King

      Self (archive footage)

    • Abbey Lincoln

      Self (archive footage)

    • Mavis Staples

      Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

    • Mahalia Jackson

      Self (archive footage)

    • David Ruffin

      Self

    • Sly Stone

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Hugh Masekela

      Self (archive footage)

    • John V. Lindsay

      Self (archive footage)

    • Ray Barretto

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Herbie Mann

      Self (archive footage)

    • Mongo Santamaría

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Questlove

      Self (uncredited)

    • Luis A. Miranda Jr.

      Self - Civic Leader

    • Walter Cronkite

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

    • Malcolm X

      Self - Activist (archive footage)

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

      Self - Activist (archive footage)

    • Robert F. Kennedy

      Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

    • Richard Nixon

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

    • John F. Kennedy

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

    • Jesse Jackson

      Self

    • Moms Mabley

      Self (archive footage)

    • Max Roach

      Self (archive footage)

    • Fidel Castro

      Self (archive footage)

    • Redd Foxx

      Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

    • Dorinda Drake

      Self - Festival Attendee

    • Barbara Bland-Acosta

      Self - Festival Attendee

    • Darryl Lewis

      Self - Festival Attendee

    • Gladys Knight

      Self - Musician

    • Dinah Shore

      Self (archive footage)

    • Buzz Aldrin

      Self (archive sound)

    • Al Sharpton

      Self - Minister & Activist

    • Marilyn McCoo

      Self - The 5th Dimension

    • Sheila E.

      Self - Musician

    • Berry Gordy

      Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)

    • Neil Armstrong

      Self (archive sound)

    • George Kirby

      Self (archive footage)

    • Willie Tyler

      Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)

    • Billy Davis Jr.

      Self - The 5th Dimension

    • John Chancellor

      Self (archive footage)

    • Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

      Self (archive footage)

    • Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Harry Reasoner

      Self (archive footage)

    • Selema Masekela

      Self - Son of Hugh Masekela

    • Edwin Hawkins

      Self - Performer (archive footage)

    • Kwame Ture

      Self - Activist (archive footage)

    • Bones Howe

      Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

    • Greg Errico

      Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

    • Roy Ayers

      Self

    • Musa Jackson

      Self - Festival Attendee

    • Charlayne Hunter-Gault

      Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times

    • Cholly Atkins

      Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)

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