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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Opens July 2 in theaters and on Hulu.] Ahmir Khalib Thompson's (aka Questlove) engaging, entertaining, historical, award-winning, 117-minute documentary that celebrates the Harlem Cultural Festival (aka the Black Woodstock) at Mount Morris Park in 1969 attended by more than 300,000 people and showcases never-before-seen African-American blues, jazz, folk, and gospel music performances by Stevie Wonder, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, the 5th Dimension, the Chamber Brothers, Herbie Mann, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, Pops Staples and the Staple Singers, David Ruffin, Sal and Hugh Masekela, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Clara Walker and the Gospel Redeemers, and Ben Branch and insightful commentary by artists Lin-Manuel Miranda and Chris Rock, singers (such as Mavis Staples, Billy Davis, Marilyn McCoo, and Adrienne Kryor), attendees (such as Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Musa Jackson, Roger Parris, and Ethel Beatty-Barnes), Rev. Al Sharpton, DJ Jerry B, writer and musician Greg Tate, minister and activist Jesse Jackson, tailor Jim McFarland, civic leader Luis Manuel, former reporter Charlayne Hunter-Gault, professor Denise Oliver-Velez, and musicians Sheila E., Stevie Wonder, and Greg Enrico).   Redhead: Year: 2021 Rating:  PG-13 View Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) on the Internet Movie Database