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In 'Summer of Soul,' a lost history reborn to play loud


In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud
NEW YORK (AP) “Like a rose coming through the concrete” is one description of 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival heard in Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s exuberant, illuminating documentary “Summer of Soul (…or: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’).”
The event, held the same summer as Woodstock, drew together Nina Simone, a 19-year-old Stevie Wonder (a genius already), Sly and the Family Stone (the lone act to hit Woodstock, too), B.B. King, the Staples Singers, The 5th Dimension, some of the giants of gospel including a summit of Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples singing the civil-rights-era anthem “We Shall Overcome.” It was organized, over six summer weekends in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park by Caribbean singer Tony Lawrence and filmed, with plans for a broadcast special, with a multi-camer ....

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