Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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“A Questlove Jawn.”
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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Cast
69 people
Stevie Wonder
Self
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Bikini Beach
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Known for
His Dark Materials
Mary Poppins Returns
The 5th Dimension
Themselves
Joe Lauro
Inuka Bacote-Capiga
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Known for
Madagascar
Grown Ups
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Themselves
Hal Tulchin
David Dinerstein
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Robert Fyvolent
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
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Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68
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Questlove Director · Shawn Peters Cinematographer Joshua L. Pearson Editor
Worldwide gross $3.7M · United States release July 2, 2021 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,696,069
Production
Mass Distraction Media
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RadicalMedia
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Vulcan Productions
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Concordia Studio
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 28, 2021
Digital · Sundance Film Festival (Virtual)
United States · July 2, 2021
Theatrical
United States
July 2, 2021 · Digital · Hulu
February 20, 2022 · TV · ABC
Australia
August 19, 2021 · Digital · Melbourne International Film Festival (Virtual)
September 2, 2021 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 2, 2021 · Digital
Brazil
October 27, 2021 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
January 27, 2022 · Theatrical
Czechia
October 30, 2021 · Digital
Finland
July 2, 2021 · Limited theatrical
France
July 30, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
June 28, 2022 · Digital · VOD
Germany
July 30, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Ireland
July 16, 2021 · Digital
Italy
February 8, 2022 · Digital · Disney+
Japan
August 27, 2021 · Digital
Netherlands
July 2, 2021 · Limited theatrical
Poland
September 3, 2021 · Digital
Spain
July 16, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Subtitled Version
Taiwan
November 11, 2021 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 4, 2021 · Premiere · Sheffield DocFest
July 16, 2021 · Theatrical
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