In 1969, the same summer as Woodstock, another epic music festival —celebrating American music and African American history— took place in Harlem, New York. The never-before-seen concert footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival, shot over 50 years ago, captures a joyful cultural moment in America that has been largely overlooked. Interviews with those who attended the event are deftly weaved with the festival performances from Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples, Sly & the Family Stone, Nina Simone and others.
Winner of the Audience Award and of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
14 years
118 min.
Documentary
USA
USA, documentary, international festivals, awarded films, identity, music, art, activism, memory
Colorido
Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Shawn Peters
Shawn Peters
Stevie Wonder, Al Sharpton, Chris Rock, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gladys Knight, Jesse Jackson
Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
Vulcan Productions, Concordia Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions, Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia
Ian Herbert, Randall Poster
Disney
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