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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.
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- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Harlem Cultural Festival.
- African Americans--Music--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans--Music--History.
- History.
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- Popular music--1961-1970.
- Popular music.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Concert films.
- Documentary films.
- History.
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- Burbnank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, CA] : 20th Century Studios, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English; optional subtitles in French or Spanish; open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital 2.0; 2.0 described video; digitally mastered.
- digital
- optical
- surround stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- Dolby digital 5.1
- 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
- Participant:
- Featuring The Chambers Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, David Ruffin, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Staple Singers, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Herbie Mann, Max Roach, and others.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Shawn Peters ; edited by Joshua L. Pearson.
- Notes:
- Grammy Award: Best Music Film (2021)
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
- Original footage filmed in 1969 by television producer Hal Tulchin.
- Wide screen.
- Special features: Audio commentary by director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson; Soul searching: a behind-the-scenes look; Harlem: then and now
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9786318691598
- 6318691596
- OCLC:
- 1291216966
- Publisher Number:
- 786936894165
- 00786936894165 gtin-14
- 22966500 Searchlight Pictures
- 229665 20th Century Studios (container)
- 229665-1 20th Century Studios (container)
- 8099350 20th Century Studios (container)
- 8099348 20th Century Studios (disc)
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