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A Harlem Cultural Festival was first proposed in 1964 to bring life to the Harlem neighborhood. [3] At the same time, in the mid-1960s, nightclub singer Tony Lawrence began working on community initiatives in Harlem, initially for local churches, but from 1966 working under New York City Mayor John Lindsay and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher.
The film examines the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place on six Sundays between June 29 and August 24 at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park) in Harlem, using professional footage of the festival that was filmed as it happened, stock news footage, and modern-day interviews with attendees, musicians, and other commentators to provide historical background and social context.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on how sifting through 40 hours of archival footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival — where legends like Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder performed in the same ...
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] is the accompanying soundtrack to the 2021 American documentary film Summer of Soul directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, which covers the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
Harlem Cultural Festival was unapologetically Black, from the fashion to the hairstyles to the activism - and even Questlove had no idea it existed. In 1969, Woodstock overshadowed a ...
“Summer of Soul,” an acclaimed documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, will fittingly debut over the summer. Searchlight Pictures is releasing the film in theaters on July 2. On ...
Black Woodstock", the Harlem Cultural Festival, took place in New York City. [2] The Beatles' rooftop concert was the last time the band played together in public. The 1967 musical Hair , originally performed off-Broadway, had generated an album and multiple chart hits in successive years, such as " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In " and " Good ...
Marking the directorial debut of “The Roots” drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the documentary examines the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which lasted for six weeks at Mount Morris Park ...