Summer of Soul

(2021)

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Synopsis

This music documentary explores and reclaims the legacy of the six-week 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).

Directors

Ahmir Questlove Thompson, Davis Guggenheim, Marie Therese Guirgis

Production year

2021

Rating

PG-13

Studio

Twentieth Century Fox

Runtime

118 minutes

Cast

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Rock, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson