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Should you watch Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)?

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

Documentary · 2021

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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  • The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
  • Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Sly and the Family Stone
  • Footage kept in a basement for fifty years

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is good for you if…

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

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is bad for you if…

  • you find 1969 concert footage dated.
  • you want one person's story more than a festival's.

About: Black pride · music · memory · joy

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