Mass Distraction Media/Sundance Institute
MOVIE REVIEW
Summer of Soul (. . . Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
A documentary on the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 – when Woodstock took place upstate – “Summer of Soul” features previously unseen footage from this star-studded but mostly forgotten event, with performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips and many more.