Summer of soul (...or when the revolution could not be televised), Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective and Hulu present ; a Vulcan Productions Incorporated production ; in association with Concordia Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions ; produced by Mass Distraction Media and RadicalMedia ; a Questlove jawn ; directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ; produced by Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
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Label
Summer of soul (...or when the revolution could not be televised), Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective and Hulu present ; a Vulcan Productions Incorporated production ; in association with Concordia Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions ; produced by Mass Distraction Media and RadicalMedia ; a Questlove jawn ; directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ; produced by Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, smoking and brief drug material
Main title
Summer of soul (...or when the revolution could not be televised)
Oclc number
1291216966
Responsibility statement
Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective and Hulu present ; a Vulcan Productions Incorporated production ; in association with Concordia Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions ; produced by Mass Distraction Media and RadicalMedia ; a Questlove jawn ; directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ; produced by Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
Runtime
118
Summary
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, 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 Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten, until now. This documentary 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 feature includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Mass Distraction Media
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Wonder, Stevie
- Searchlight Pictures
- @Radical.media (Firm)
- King, B. B.
- 20th Century Studios
- Fyvolent, Robert
- Patel, Joseph
- Simone, Nina, 1933-2003
- Questlove
- Hulu (Firm)
- LarryBilly Productions
- Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group)
- Dinerstein, David
- Play/Action Pictures
- Concordia Studio
- 5th Dimension (Musical group)
- Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
- Onyx Collective
- Vulcan Productions
Genre
Subject
- Documentary films
- Black people
- Concert films
- Minority groups -- Music -- 20th century
- Black people + Social life and customs
- BIPOC -- Music -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Music -- History
- Nonfiction films
- BIPOC + Social life and customs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Minority groups + Social life and customs
- DVD-Video discs -- Performance
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Harlem Cultural Festival
- Black people -- Music -- 20th century
- Black people -- Music -- History
- BIPOC -- Music -- History
- DVD-Video discs
- Minority groups -- Music -- History
- Popular music -- 1961-1970
- African Americans + Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Music -- 20th century
- BIPOC
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- Gladys Knight and the Pips
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- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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- Searchlight Pictures
- @Radical.media (Firm)
- King, B. B.
- 20th Century Studios
- Fyvolent, Robert
- Patel, Joseph
- Simone, Nina, 1933-2003
- Questlove
- Hulu (Firm)
- LarryBilly Productions
- Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group)
- Dinerstein, David
- Play/Action Pictures
- Concordia Studio
- 5th Dimension (Musical group)
- Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
- Onyx Collective
- Vulcan Productions
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- Documentary films
- Black people
- Concert films
- Minority groups -- Music -- 20th century
- Black people + Social life and customs
- BIPOC -- Music -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Music -- History
- Nonfiction films
- BIPOC + Social life and customs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Minority groups + Social life and customs
- DVD-Video discs -- Performance
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Harlem Cultural Festival
- Black people -- Music -- 20th century
- Black people -- Music -- History
- BIPOC -- Music -- History
- DVD-Video discs
- Minority groups -- Music -- History
- Popular music -- 1961-1970
- African Americans + Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Music -- 20th century
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