Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Released: July 2, 2021Runtime: 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.
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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
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