Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Questlove2021-07-02
A Questlove Jawn.
7.644
117 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.
Cast
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Stevie Wonder | Self | Unowned |
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Lin-Manuel Miranda | Self - Artist | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Chris Rock | Self - Artist | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Tony Lawrence | Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Nina Simone | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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B.B. King | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Abbey Lincoln | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mavis Staples | Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice) | Unowned |
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Mahalia Jackson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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David Ruffin | Self | Unowned |
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Sly Stone | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Hugh Masekela | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John V. Lindsay | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ray Barretto | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Herbie Mann | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mongo Santamaría | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Questlove | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Luis A. Miranda Jr. | Self - Civic Leader | Unowned |
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Walter Cronkite | Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Malcolm X | Self - Activist (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Martin Luther King Jr. | Self - Activist (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Robert F. Kennedy | Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Nixon | Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John F. Kennedy | Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jesse Jackson | Self | Unowned |
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Moms Mabley | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Max Roach | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fidel Castro | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Redd Foxx | Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dorinda Drake | Self - Festival Attendee | Unowned |
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Barbara Bland-Acosta | Self - Festival Attendee | Unowned |
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Darryl Lewis | Self - Festival Attendee | Unowned |
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Gladys Knight | Self - Musician | Unowned |
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Dinah Shore | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Buzz Aldrin | Self (archive sound) | Unowned |
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Al Sharpton | Self - Minister & Activist | Unowned |
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Marilyn McCoo | Self - The 5th Dimension | Unowned |
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Sheila E. | Self - Musician | Unowned |
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Berry Gordy | Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Neil Armstrong | Self (archive sound) | Unowned |
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George Kirby | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Willie Tyler | Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Billy Davis Jr. | Self - The 5th Dimension | Unowned |
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John Chancellor | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harry Reasoner | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Selema Masekela | Self - Son of Hugh Masekela | Unowned |
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Edwin Hawkins | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Kwame Ture | Self - Activist (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bones Howe | Self - Music Producer (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Greg Errico | Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone | Unowned |
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Roy Ayers | Self | Unowned |
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Musa Jackson | Self - Festival Attendee | Unowned |
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault | Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times | Unowned |
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Cholly Atkins | Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage) | Unowned |