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

57 cast·39 crew·2021

Filmmakers

Above the line
Q
Director
Questlove
SP
Cinematography
Shawn Peters
Director of Photography
JP
Editing
Joshua L. Pearson
Editor

Cast

57
SW
Stevie Wonder
Self
LM
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
CR
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
TL
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
NS
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
BK
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
AL
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
MS
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
MJ
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
DR
David Ruffin
Self
SS
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
HM
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
JL
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
RB
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer (archive footage)
HM
Herbie Mann
Self (archive footage)
MS
Mongo Santamaría
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Q
Questlove
Self (uncredited)
LJ
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self - Civic Leader
WC
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
MX
Malcolm X
Self - Activist (archive footage)
MJ
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Activist (archive footage)
RK
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
RN
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
JK
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
JJ
Jesse Jackson
Self
MM
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)
MR
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
FC
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
RF
Redd Foxx
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
DD
Dorinda Drake
Self - Festival Attendee
BB
Barbara Bland-Acosta
Self - Festival Attendee
DL
Darryl Lewis
Self - Festival Attendee
GK
Gladys Knight
Self - Musician
DS
Dinah Shore
Self (archive footage)
BA
Buzz Aldrin
Self (archive sound)
AS
Al Sharpton
Self - Minister & Activist
MM
Marilyn McCoo
Self - The 5th Dimension
SE
Sheila E.
Self - Musician
BG
Berry Gordy
Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)
NA
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive sound)
GK
George Kirby
Self (archive footage)
WT
Willie Tyler
Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)
BJ
Billy Davis Jr.
Self - The 5th Dimension
JC
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage)
DM
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self (archive footage)
AJ
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self - Performer (archive footage)
RS
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - Performer (archive footage)
HR
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
SM
Selema Masekela
Self - Son of Hugh Masekela
EH
Edwin Hawkins
Self - Performer (archive footage)
KT
Kwame Ture
Self - Activist (archive footage)
BH
Bones Howe
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
GE
Greg Errico
Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone
RA
Roy Ayers
Self
MJ
Musa Jackson
Self - Festival Attendee
CH
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times
CA
Cholly Atkins
Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)

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