Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
A Questlove Jawn.
118 min
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.
- Release date
- January 28, 2021
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $3,696,069
Where to watch
Subscription
Disney Plus
Hulu
Rent
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Buy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
Fandango At Home- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
Trailer
Soundtrack
- Uptown · The Chambers Brothers6:07
- Why I Sing the Blues · B.B. King2:20
- Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya · The 5th Dimension3:32
- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) · The 5th Dimension6:54
- My Girl · David Ruffin5:49
- Oh Happy Day · The Edwin Hawkins Singers3:46
- It’s Been a Change · The Staple Singers3:11
- Precious Lord Take My Hand · The SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir feat. Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples8:33
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine · Gladys Knight & the Pips4:35
- Watermelon Man · Mongo Santamaría5:17
- Together · Ray Barretto4:42
- Hold On, I’m Comin’ · Herbie Mann7:03
Cast
- Stevie Wonder as Self
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self - Artist
- Chris Rock as Self - Artist
- Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
- B.B. King as Self (archive footage)
- Abbey Lincoln as Self (archive footage)
- Mavis Staples as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
- Mahalia Jackson as Self (archive footage)
- Sly Stone as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Hugh Masekela as Self (archive footage)
- John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage)
- Questlove as Self (uncredited)
- Luis Miranda as Self - Civic Leader
- Walter Cronkite as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
- Malcolm X as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon as Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
- John F. Kennedy as Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
- Jesse Jackson as Self
- Moms Mabley as Self (archive footage)
- Max Roach as Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
- Redd Foxx as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
- Dorinda Drake as Self - Festival Attendee
- Barbara Bland-Acosta as Self - Festival Attendee
- Darryl Lewis as Self - Festival Attendee
- Ethel Beatty as Self - Festival Attendee
- Al Sharpton as Self - Minister & Activist
- Allen Zerkin as Self - Former Assistant to Tony Lawrence
- Margot Edman as Self - Festival Production Assistant
- Alan Leeds as Self - Music Manager & Executive
- Cyril 'Bullwhip' Innis Jr. as Self - Black Panther Party
- Hal Tulchin as Self - Director & Producer, Harlem Cultural Festival 1969
Crew
- Questlove · Director
- Hal Tulchin · Director
- David Dinerstein · Producer
- Robert Fyvolent · Producer
- Joseph Patel · Producer
- Hal Tulchin · Producer
- Shawn Peters · Cinematographer
- Joshua L Pearson · Editor