Results: Summer of Soul
Published on 09/18/2025
You’ve heard of Woodstock but have you heard of the Harlem Cultural Festival - Summer of Soul - There are many clips of this event if you search for them. The event seems to have been memory holed. Until this.
https://youtu.be/ZgtyuUyJjW4?si=Da-cry9bcatQpOW4
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There's a 2021 documentary, featuring rarely-seen footage, captures the magic of a 1969 music festival. Held in Mount Morris Park on Sundays at 3 p.m. from June 29 to August 24, 1969. attended by 300,000 people. The festival had long been forgotten in the shadow of that other New York music festival, Woodstock. Contributor Hua Hsu talks with "Summer of Soul" director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, bandleader of The Roots, about reviving the legacy of the Harlem Cultural Festival, which featured such stars as Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder and more. Have you seen this documentary on Hulu? Yes
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