Summer Of Soul

Starring: Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, et al.

Product Description

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary -- part music film, part historical record -- created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten...

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 786936894165
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS
• Director: Ahmir Thompson
• Starring: Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension
• Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: NTSC; Subtitled
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.