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

Real footage in 1 hour and 57 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Smoking, Brief Drug Material and Some Disturbing Images!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $2,300,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty amazing that these household names are nobodies here.

Brilliant presentation. The footage, the artists, the songs! More of this please!!!

Harlem Woodstock...practically uncovered by the media at the time,except for this film....great music,big names,educational,entertaining

It is a documentary that lets the sun shine through

Summer of Soul es una carta de amor al sentirnos orgulloso de dónde venimos y que, sin importar nuestro color de piel, nuestra religión o nuestra identidad podemos logra lo que queramos. El cómo la música fue fundamental para el cambio de paradigma en la cultura latente a finales de los 60's es único. La película lo presenta con música increíble de todos los géneros predominantes de esa época, es vibrante y con un poderoso mensaje de buscar salir adelante y tener las mismas oportunidades en un país que parece arrebatárselas cada vez que tiene la oportunidad. El cómo la música puede ser un conductor que ataque problemas sociales y no quedándose únicamente en un status superficial, que sí, también es importante, pero lo que estos artistas lograron expresar a través de la música fue golpe autoritario hacia la búsqueda de un cambio. Creando una identidad postmoderna que explotó a inicios de los 70's, a base de referentes musicales, la expresión creativa y sus consecuencias, incitando a la libertad de expresión y a formar un criterio que vaya más allá de lo preestablecido.

I watched it twice. Back to back. I suppose that's saying something.

Brilliant, historical, and enlightening.

It's incredible how music, culture and societal issues were weaved together to tell the story of a forgotten festival in the heart of Harlem. Very educational, albeit not relatable for a young viewer like myself. (78%)

This is a great musical documentary - it showcases an event not well known of/by, for many and for fans of soul music, its a great find. Lots of energetic, vigorous performances by a wide range of successful performers (Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, among many others), some of which share their memories of what happened when they performed at this event in Harlem in the 1960s. The sense of hope and optimism is clearly put across - as a white person, I feel frustrated and disappointed that there's such little record of this event. Its a good piece of social history and a good showcase of soul music at that time. I would definitely recommend this to people interested in it, yes.