SUMMER OF SOUL
QUESTLOVE
searchlight pictures - 2021
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 American documentary film directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 25, 2021, before expanding on July 2, 2021 theatrically by Searchlight Pictures and digitally via Hulu.
It received acclaim from critics, with praise aimed at the footage restoration.