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

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

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.

Questlove's Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 documentary history film. Released in July 2021, it runs 117 minutes.

Stevie Wonder takes the lead as Self, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self - Artist, Chris Rock as Self - Artist, and Tony Lawrence as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage). It comes from Concordia Studio and RadicalMedia.

Shelv files it under cliché, music documentary, concert film, and jazz. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus and Hulu.

TINA, Selma, and Malcolm X make useful companions to Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), all filed under 1960s and artistic legacy. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 234 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.