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

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The 3 reasons people love Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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  1. You want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969.

  2. You like a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light.

  3. You want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.

  • Quincy2018

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.

  • Woodstock1970

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light

    Good for you if you like long, raw sets from the legends of 1969.

  • Imagine: John Lennon1988

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.

  • The Velvet Underground2021

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light

    Good for you if you love the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground.

  • A Band Called Death2013

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you like raw punk played before punk had a name.

  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.

  • Monterey Pop1968

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • a lost piece of Harlem history coming back to light

    Good for you if you want to hear Otis Redding and Jefferson Airplane live.

  • The Beatles: Get Back2021

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969

    Good for you if you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.

  • The Greatest Night in Pop2024

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969

    Good for you if you like seeing a famous song built line by line.

  • Amazing Grace2018

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you like gospel sung live with a choir behind it.

  • Marley2012

    • you want to watch soul, gospel and funk performed live in 1969
    • you want to hear people who were in the crowd remember that summer

    Good for you if you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.

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