Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Directed by Questlove

Genres - Documentary, History, Music | Release Date - Jun 25, 2021 | Run Time - 118 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - PG-13

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Cast

Al Sharpton

Self - Minister & Activist

Allen Zerkin

Self - Former Assistant to Tony Lawrence

Barbara Bland-Acosta

Self - Festival Attendee

Darryl Lewis

Self - Festival Attendee

Dorinda Drake

Self - Festival Attendee

Ethel Beatty

Self - Festival Attendee

A.M. Rosenthal

Self - Managing Editor, New York Times 1969-1987

Abbey Lincoln

Self / Self - Performer

Adalberto Santiago

Self - Performer

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Self - Performer

Adrienne Kryor

Self - The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Alan Leeds

Self - Music Manager & Executive

Andy Gonzalez

Self - Performer

Anthony Flood

Self

B.B. King

Self (archive footage) / Self - Performer

Babatunde Olatunji

Self - Performer

Ben Branch

Self - Performer

Berry Gordy

Self - Founder of Motown Records

Bill Plante

Self - Correspondent, CBS News

Billy Davis Jr.

Self - The 5th Dimension

Blinky

Self - Performer

Bones Howe

Self - Music Producer

Bruno Carr

Self - Performer

Buzz Aldrin

Self

Cal Tjader

Self - Performer

Carlos Alomar

Self - Performer

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times

Cholly Atkins

Self - Choreographer for Motown

Chris Rock

Self / Self - Artist

Chuck Carter

Self - Performer

Chuck Jackson

Self - Performer

Clara Walker

Self - Performer

Cynthia Robinson

Self

Cyril 'Bullwhip' Innis Jr.

Self - Black Panther Party

David Ruffin

Self / Self - Performer

Denise Oliver-Velez

Self - Professor & Activist

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Self - Performer

Dinah Shore

Self

Don Alias

Self - Performer

Dorothy Morrison

Self - Performer

Edwin Hawkins

Self - Performer

Ewart Abner

Self - Vice President of Motown Records

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Fred Hampton

Self

Gene Key

Self - Performer

George Kirby

Self - Performer

Gladys Knight

Self - Musician

Gladys Knight & The Pips

Self - Performer

Greg Errico

Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

Greg Tate

Self - Writer & Musician

Hadley Caliman

Self - Performer

Hal Tulchin

Self - Director & Producer, Harlem Cultural Festival 1969

Hamilton E. Holmes

Self - First African-American Student, Emory University School of Medicine

Harry Reasoner

Self

Harwell Chauncey

Self - Performer

Henry Franklin

Self - Performer

Herbie Mann

Self / Self - Performer

Herman Stevens

Self - Performer

Hugh Masekela

Self / Self - Performer

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage) / Self - Minister & Activist

Jim McFarland

Self - Former Tailor, Orie's Custom Tailoring

John Chancellor

Self

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) / Self - 35th President of the United States

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage) / Self - New York City Mayor 1966 - 1973

Larry Willis

Self - Performer

Lester

Self - Performer

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self / Self - Artist

Luis Cruz

Self - Performer

Luis Gasca

Self - Performer

Luis Miranda

Self - Civic Leader / Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self - Performer / Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage) / Self - Activist

Marcus Garvey Jr.

Self - Performer

Margot Edman

Self - Festival Production Assistant

Marilyn McCoo

Self - The 5th Dimension

Martin Luther King

Self (archive footage) / Self - Activist

Maurice King

Self - Performer

Mavis Staples

Self / Self - Singer

Max Roach

Self (archive footage) / Self - Performer

Mike Boone

Self

Miroslav Vitous

Self - Performer

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage) / Self - Comedian

Mongo Santamaría

Self / Self - Performer

Musa Jackson

Self - Festival Attendee

Neil Armstrong

Self

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage) / Self - Performer

Operation Breadbasket

Self - Performer

Orestes Vilato

Self - Performer

Professor Caldwell and the Choralites

Self - Performer

Raoul Roach

Self - Son of Max Roach

Ray Barretto

Self / Self - Performer

Ray Maldanado

Self - Performer

Redd Foxx

Self - Comedian & Actor

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) / Self - 37th President of the United States

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) / Self - Presidential Candidate

Roberto Rodriguez

Self - Performer

Rodgers Grant

Self - Performer

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self - Performer

Roger Parris

Self - Festival Attendee

Roy Ayers

Self

Selema Masekela

Self - Son of Hugh Masekela

Sheila E.

Self - Musician

Sly and the Family Stone

Self - Performer

Sly Stone

Self / Self - Performer

Sonny Fortune

Self - Performer

Sonny Sharrock

Self - Performer

Steve Berrios

Self - Performer

Steve Marcus

Self - Performer

Stevie Wonder

Self / Self - Musician

Stokely Carmichael

Self - Activist

Sue Yellin

Self

The 5th Dimension

Self - Performer

The Chambers Brothers

Self - Performer

The Dinizulu Dancers & Drummers

Self - Performer

The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Self - Performer

The Gospel Redeemers

Self - Performer

The Harlem Calypso Band

Self - Performer

The Harlem Festival Jazz Band

Self - Performer

The Staple Singers

Self - Performer

The Voices of Faith

Self - Performer

Tony Fuentes

Self - Performer

Tony Lawrence

Self / Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host

Tramaine Hawkins

Self - Performer

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage) / Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

Walter Hawkins

Self - Performer

Weldon Irvine

Self - Performer

William Allen

Self - Performer

Willie Tyler

Self - Ventriloquist

Yvonne Fair

Self - Performer

Crew

Questlove

Director, Executive Producer

Aimee Link

Producer

Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck

Producer

Beth Hubbard

Executive Producer

Brendan Hermes

Executive Producer

Bryan Greene

Producer

Cherice Hunt

Producer

Cora Atkinson

Producer

Dave Sirulnick

Executive Producer

David Barse

Executive Producer

David Dinerstein

Producer

Davis Guggenheim

Executive Producer

Gregory A. Thomson

Producer

Inuka Bacote-Capiga

Producer

James Uminowicz

Producer

Jannat Gargi

Executive Producer

Jeffrey Lurie

Executive Producer

Jen Isaacson

Executive Producer

Jody Allen

Executive Producer

Jon Kamen

Executive Producer

Jonathan Silberberg

Executive Producer

Joseph Patel

Producer

Joshua L Pearson

Editor

Julia Lewis

Producer

Laurene Powell-Jobs

Executive Producer

Lizzy McGlynn

Producer

Marie Therese Guirgis

Executive Producer

Nicole Stott

Executive Producer

Novena Carmel

Producer

Robert Fyvolent

Producer

Rocky Collins

Executive Producer

Ron Eisenberg

Executive Producer

Ruth Johnston

Executive Producer

Shannon Dill

Executive Producer

Sheila C. Johnson

Executive Producer

Zarah Zohlman

Producer

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