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

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

Tagline: A Questlove Jawn.

Release Date: 2021-07-02

Duration: 117 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Fidel Castro
    Self (archive footage)
  • Chris Rock
    Self
  • Malcolm X
    Self (archive footage)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
    Self
  • Mahalia Jackson
    Self (archive footage)
  • Walter Cronkite
    Self (archive footage)
  • Nina Simone
    Self (archive footage)
  • Redd Foxx
    Self (uncredited)
  • Jesse Jackson
    Self (archive footage)
  • John F. Kennedy
    Self (archive footage)