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

A Questlove Jawn.

7.622 average rating
★★★★★
7.622
English / 117 MIN. / 2021

The Genres

The 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.

The Cast

Stevie WonderLin-Manuel MirandaChris RockTony LawrenceNina SimoneB.B. KingAbbey LincolnMavis StaplesMahalia JacksonDavid RuffinSly StoneHugh MasekelaJohn V. LindsayRay BarrettoHerbie MannMongo SantamaríaQuestloveLuis A. Miranda Jr.Walter CronkiteMalcolm XMartin Luther King Jr.Robert F. KennedyRichard NixonJohn F. KennedyJesse JacksonMoms MableyMax RoachFidel CastroRedd FoxxDorinda DrakeBarbara Bland-AcostaDarryl LewisGladys KnightDinah ShoreBuzz AldrinAl SharptonMarilyn McCooSheila E.Berry GordyNeil ArmstrongGeorge KirbyWillie TylerBilly Davis Jr.John ChancellorDewey 'Pigmeat' MarkhamAdam Clayton Powell Jr.Roebuck 'Pops' StaplesHarry ReasonerSelema MasekelaEdwin HawkinsKwame TureBones HoweGreg ErricoRoy AyersMusa JacksonCharlayne Hunter-GaultCholly Atkins

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