Summary
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Details
Release Date: July 2, 2021
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genres: Music, Documentary, History
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 7.6/10 (214 votes)
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Cast
Stevie Wonder
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Questlove
Self (uncredited)
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self - Civic Leader
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Self - Musician
Dinah Shore
Self (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin
Self (archive sound)
Al Sharpton
Self - Minister & Activist
Marilyn McCoo
Self - The 5th Dimension
Sheila E.
Self - Musician
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive sound)
Willie Tyler
Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)
Billy Davis Jr.
Self - The 5th Dimension
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self (archive footage)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Selema Masekela
Self - Son of Hugh Masekela
Kwame Ture
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Greg Errico
Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone