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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Original title
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
director
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
year
2021
Cast
Lin-Manuel Miranda,Chris Rock,Stevie Wonder,Nina Simone,Mahalia Jackson,B.B. King,'Moms' Mabley,Abbey Lincoln,Sal Masekela,David Ruffin
country
US
genre
history
,
music
,
documentary
plot
This music documentary explores and reclaims the legacy of the six-week 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).