Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Questlove.
Cast
- Stevie Wonder as Self
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self - Artist
- Chris Rock as Self - Artist
- Tony Lawrence as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
- Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
- B.B. King as Self (archive footage)
- Abbey Lincoln as Self (archive footage)
- Mavis Staples as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
- Mahalia Jackson as Self (archive footage)
- David Ruffin as Self
- Sly Stone as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Hugh Masekela as Self (archive footage)
- John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage)
- Ray Barretto as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Herbie Mann as Self (archive footage)
- Mongo Santamaría as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Questlove as Self (uncredited)
- Luis A. Miranda Jr. as Self - Civic Leader
- Walter Cronkite as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
- Malcolm X as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon as Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
- John F. Kennedy as Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
- Jesse Jackson as Self
- Moms Mabley as Self (archive footage)
- Max Roach as Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
- Redd Foxx as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
- Dorinda Drake as Self - Festival Attendee
- Barbara Bland-Acosta as Self - Festival Attendee
- Darryl Lewis as Self - Festival Attendee
- Gladys Knight as Self - Musician
- Dinah Shore as Self (archive footage)
- Buzz Aldrin as Self (archive sound)
- Al Sharpton as Self - Minister & Activist
- Marilyn McCoo as Self - The 5th Dimension
- Sheila E. as Self - Musician
- Berry Gordy as Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)
- Neil Armstrong as Self (archive sound)
Crew
- Robert Fyvolent — Producer
- David Dinerstein — Producer
- Joseph Patel — Producer
- Questlove — Director
- Shawn Peters — Director of Photography
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