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.

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  Questlove

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  Stevie Wonder
  Self
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  Lin-Manuel Miranda
  Self - Artist
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  Chris Rock
  Self - Artist
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  Tony Lawrence
  Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
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  Nina Simone
  Self (archive footage)
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  B.B. King
  Self (archive footage)
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  Abbey Lincoln
  Self (archive footage)
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  Mavis Staples
  Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
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  Mahalia Jackson
  Self (archive footage)
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  David Ruffin
  Self
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  Sly Stone
  Self - Performer (archive footage)
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  Hugh Masekela
  Self (archive footage)
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  John V. Lindsay
  Self (archive footage)
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  Ray Barretto
  Self - Performer (archive footage)
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  Herbie Mann
  Self (archive footage)
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  Mongo Santamaría
  Self - Performer (archive footage)
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  Questlove
  Self (uncredited)
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  Luis A. Miranda Jr.
  Self - Civic Leader
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  Walter Cronkite
  Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
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  Malcolm X
  Self - Activist (archive footage)