Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Summer of soul (...or when the revolution could not be televised) / Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective and Hulu present ; a Vulcan Productions Inc. 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.

Publisher, Date:

[Los Angeles, CA] : 20th Century Studios, [2022]

Burbnank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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 & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.

Target Audience Note:

MPA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, smoking and brief drug material.

Subjects:

Harlem Cultural Festival.

African Americans -- Music -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Music -- History.

African Americans -- Social life and customs.

Popular music -- 1961-1970.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Concert films.

Nonfiction films.