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

2021 • 117 minute

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Winner of the Best Documentary Critics Choice Award as well as the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) is an exhilarating experience. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents this powerful and transporting documentary that's part music film and part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now called Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten – until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The film includes concert performances by music legends Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more.

Graderings en resensies

Si conozco el movimiento y el festival mam grande ever ,woodstock del 68 y 69 yo tenia diez anos o dove o once pero cuando llegue fui Al mid west y ver unas feminists en san fco.california y me abusaron pero no dejo de vivrar en mi pecho el mobientl porque no hacen un festival y lo llaman un dia tube un sueno y nunca lo olvide pero solo fue un sueno vine a new york ya cuando pense mi musica tropical de mis amigos ara puortuondo ,los compadres ,richard lewis ,melodias del cuarente caminaba toda

So fun to watch! The story-telling, music and message are uplifting and groovy! All ages will LOVE this documentary. QuestLove produced an ultra-entertaining and crucial historical film chronicalling the Summer of Love. Do not miss this film if you love music and feel-good movies!

I wish I had seen this before the Woodstock movie. It’d be a different world today.