Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
“A Questlove Jawn.”
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.
Genres
Music, Documentary, History
Studio
Mass Distraction Media
Language
en
Status
Released
How Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$3.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$582K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Music) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Self
Stevie Wonder
Self
Self - Artist
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Self - Artist
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Self
David Ruffin
Self
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
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