Movie · 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Released 2 July 2021 More from 2021 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
as Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
as Self
Gladys Knight
as Self - Musician
Marilyn McCoo
as Self - The 5th Dimension
Redd Foxx
as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Chris Rock
as Self - Artist
Malcolm X
as Self - Activist (archive footage)
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The numbers
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
92Walter Cronkite — oldest on the call sheet
39Malcolm X — youngest billed
72average age of the credited cast