Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) | Full Cast

Questlove

DIRECTOR

Dorinda Drake

Self - Festival Attendee

Barbara Bland-Acosta

Self - Festival Attendee

Darryl Lewis

Self - Festival Attendee

Ethel Beatty

Self - Festival Attendee

Al Sharpton

Self - Minister & Activist

Allen Zerkin

Self - Former Assistant to Tony Lawrence

Margot Edman

Self - Festival Production Assistant

Alan Leeds

Self - Music Manager & Executive

Cyril 'Bullwhip' Innis Jr.

Self - Black Panther Party

Hal Tulchin

Self - Director & Producer, Harlem Cultural Festival 1969

Musa Jackson

Self - Festival Attendee

Billy Davis Jr.

Self - The 5th Dimension

Marilyn McCoo

Self - The 5th Dimension

Adrienne Kryor

Self - The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Greg Tate

Self - Writer & Musician

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times

Jesse Jackson

Self - Minister & Activist

Gladys Knight

Self - Musician

Greg Errico

Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

Jim McFarland

Self - Former Tailor, Orie's Custom Tailoring

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Luis Miranda

Self - Civic Leader

Denise Oliver-Velez

Self - Professor & Activist

Sheila E.

Self - Musician

Roger Parris

Self - Festival Attendee

Stevie Wonder

Self - Musician

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Raoul Roach

Self - Son of Max Roach

Selema Masekela

Self - Son of Hugh Masekela

The 5th Dimension

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Don Alias

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

William Allen

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Carlos Alomar

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Roy Ayers

Self

Ray Barretto

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Steve Berrios

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Blinky

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Ben Branch

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Operation Breadbasket

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Hadley Caliman

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Bruno Carr

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Chuck Carter

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Chambers Brothers

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Harwell Chauncey

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Luis Cruz

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Dinizulu Dancers & Drummers

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Yvonne Fair

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Sonny Fortune

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Henry Franklin

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Tony Fuentes

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Marcus Garvey Jr.

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Luis Gasca

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Gladys Knight & The Pips

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Andy Gonzalez

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Gospel Redeemers

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Rodgers Grant

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Harlem Calypso Band

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Harlem Festival Jazz Band

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Edwin Hawkins

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Tramaine Hawkins

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Walter Hawkins

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Weldon Irvine

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Chuck Jackson

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Mahalia Jackson

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Gene Key

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

B.B. King

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Maurice King

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

George Kirby

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Abbey Lincoln

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Ray Maldanado

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Herbie Mann

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Steve Marcus

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Hugh Masekela

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Dorothy Morrison

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Babatunde Olatunji

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Professor Caldwell and the Choralites

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Max Roach

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Roberto Rodriguez

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

David Ruffin

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Mongo Santamaria

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Adalberto Santiago

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Sonny Sharrock

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Nina Simone

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Sly and the Family Stone

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Staple Singers

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Mavis Staples

Self - SingerarchiveFootage,voice

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Herman Stevens

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Sly Stone

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Cal Tjader

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Orestes Vilato

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Miroslav Vitous

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

The Voices of Faith

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Clara Walker

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Larry Willis

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

Ewart Abner

Self - Vice President of Motown RecordsarchiveFootage

Buzz Aldrin

Self

Neil Armstrong

SelfarchiveSound

Cholly Atkins

Self - Choreographer for MotownarchiveFootage

Mike Boone

Self

Stokely Carmichael

Self - ActivistarchiveFootage

John Chancellor

SelfarchiveFootage

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter CronkitearchiveFootage

Anthony Flood

Self

Redd Foxx

Self - Comedian & ActorarchiveFootage

Berry Gordy

Self - Founder of Motown RecordsarchiveFootage

Fred Hampton

SelfarchiveFootage

Hamilton E. Holmes

Self - First African-American Student, Emory University School of MedicinearchiveFootage

Bones Howe

Self - Music ProducerarchiveFootage

John F. Kennedy

Self - 35th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Presidential CandidatearchiveFootage

Martin Luther King

Self - ActivistarchiveFootage

Tony Lawrence

Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & HostarchiveFootage

Lester

Self - PerformerarchiveFootage

John V. Lindsay

Self - New York City Mayor 1966 - 1973archiveFootage

Moms Mabley

Self - ComedianarchiveFootage

Malcolm X

Self - ActivistarchiveFootage

Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Bill Plante

Self - Correspondent, CBS NewsarchiveFootage

Harry Reasoner

SelfarchiveFootage

Cynthia Robinson

SelfarchiveFootage

A.M. Rosenthal

Self - Managing Editor, New York Times 1969-1987archiveFootage

Dinah Shore

SelfarchiveFootage

Willie Tyler

Self - VentriloquistarchiveFootage

Sue Yellin

Self