SUMMER OF SOUL, Official Trailer

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir Questlove Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentarypart 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 never seen and largely forgottenuntil now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual wellbeing and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes neverbeforeseen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly the Family Stone, Gladys Knight the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B. B. King, The 5th Dimension and more. Summer of Soul When the Revolution Could Not be Televised), is the first official project under the recently announced Onyx Collectiv