Summer of Soul

Matt Roush says...

In the same summer of 1969 as Woodstock, over six Sundays, a remarkable Harlem Cultural Festival brought together some of the brightest talents of soul, R&B and gospel, footage that has remained largely unseen until Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson assembled these performances into a rapturous and acclaimed documentary. Among the legends seen in their prime: Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Abbey Lincoln, The Fifth Dimension, the Staple Singers, and, in a rousing duet of “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” Mahalia Jackson with Mavis Staples. Expect your roof to be raised.

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