Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
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.
Director: Questlove
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Stevie Wonder as Self |
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Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self - Artist |
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Chris Rock as Self - Artist |
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Tony Lawrence as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage) |
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Nina Simone as Self (archive footage) |
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B.B. King as Self (archive footage) |
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Abbey Lincoln as Self (archive footage) |
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Mavis Staples as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice) |
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Mahalia Jackson as Self (archive footage) |
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David Ruffin as Self |
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Sly Stone as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Hugh Masekela as Self (archive footage) |
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John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage) |
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Ray Barretto as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Herbie Mann as Self (archive footage) |
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Mongo Santamaría as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Questlove as Self (uncredited) |
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Luis A. Miranda Jr. as Self - Civic Leader |
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Walter Cronkite as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage) |
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Malcolm X as Self - Activist (archive footage) |
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Martin Luther King Jr. as Self - Activist (archive footage) |
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Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage) |
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Richard Nixon as Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) |
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John F. Kennedy as Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) |
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Jesse Jackson as Self |
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Moms Mabley as Self (archive footage) |
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Max Roach as Self (archive footage) |
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Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage) |
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Redd Foxx as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage) |
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Dorinda Drake as Self - Festival Attendee |
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Barbara Bland-Acosta as Self - Festival Attendee |
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Darryl Lewis as Self - Festival Attendee |
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Gladys Knight as Self - Musician |
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Dinah Shore as Self (archive footage) |
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Buzz Aldrin as Self (archive sound) |
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Al Sharpton as Self - Minister & Activist |
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Marilyn McCoo as Self - The 5th Dimension |
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Sheila E. as Self - Musician |
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Berry Gordy as Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage) |
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Neil Armstrong as Self (archive sound) |
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George Kirby as Self (archive footage) |
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Willie Tyler as Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage) |
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Billy Davis Jr. as Self - The 5th Dimension |
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John Chancellor as Self (archive footage) |
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Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham as Self (archive footage) |
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Harry Reasoner as Self (archive footage) |
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Selema Masekela as Self - Son of Hugh Masekela |
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Edwin Hawkins as Self - Performer (archive footage) |
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Kwame Ture as Self - Activist (archive footage) |
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Bones Howe as Self - Music Producer (archive footage) |
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Greg Errico as Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone |
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Roy Ayers as Self |
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Musa Jackson as Self - Festival Attendee |
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault as Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times |
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Cholly Atkins as Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage) |
| Art | Lauren Nikrooz | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Viola Nicholson | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robyn Fisher | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicola David | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sunny Bourgeois | Hair Supervisor |
| Art | Mark Thompson | Art Direction |
| Sound | Rich Mach | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Hsu | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dennis Hamlin | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Emily Strong | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Massey | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Aisha Hallgren | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alan Chow | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mike Stahr | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jiho Kim | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Fyvolent | Producer |
| Production | David Dinerstein | Producer |
| Production | Joseph Patel | Producer |
| Directing | Questlove | Director |
| Production | Rocky Collins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gregory A. Thomson | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Shawn Peters | Director of Photography |
| Production | Inuka Bacote | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jen Isaacson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Kamen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cora Atkinson | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ruth Johnston | Executive Producer |
| Production | Laurene Powell Jobs | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Joshua L. Pearson | Editor |
| Production | Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck | Associate Producer |
| Production | Davis Guggenheim | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrea Dramer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jannat Gargi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Beth Hubbard | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nicole Stott | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dave Sirulnick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jody Allen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Silberberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeffrey Lurie | Executive Producer |
