And it was lost to history. Until now.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and his filmmaking team set about restoring the film and turning the footage into a documentary entitled 'Summer of Soul', and it's brilliant. Performances by young Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples (with and without Mahalia Jackson), The Fifth Dimension, Hugh Masekela, Ray Barretto, David Ruffin, an epic Sly Stone, and numerous others are set against a crowd of beautiful black folks at a time when most of the news from places like Harlem was bleak.
This post can't possibly do it justice. Get yourself to Hulu to check it out.
I watched it last week, and will definitely revisit. Perhaps in a real movie theater.
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ReplyDeleteSuper physical first half that started ugly in Milwaukee is officially fun. Chris Paul is kind getting wherever he wants right now.
ReplyDeleteGiannis is getting 50 tonight.
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