

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
1 hour 57 minutes2021-07-02
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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.
Cast

Stevie Wonder
Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self

Chris Rock
Self

Tony Lawrence
Self

Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)

B.B. King
Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln
Self

Mavis Staples
Self

Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin
Self

Sly Stone
Self

Hugh Masekela
Self

John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto
Self

Herbie Mann
Self

Mongo Santamaría
Self

Questlove
Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self

Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)

Max Roach
Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
