Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (12A)

 

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. 

 

Featuring incredible performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The 5th Dimension and more, Summer of Soul is already being described as the best concert film ever made.