When Neil Armstrong takes One Small Step for a man, the concertgoer reacts by stating, never mind the moon, lets get some of that Cash In Harlem a sentiment echoed by the reverend jesse jackson. The fact that no One was interested in this historic footage of the Harlem Cultural Festival for so long stands as evidence of the whitewashing of american history, a subject that seems particularly pertinent at the moment. Plaudits, then, to director ahmir thompson, aka musician questlove, who begins and ends his film with a Festival Goer reviewing the newly uncovered footage for the first time, and then tearfully thanking the Film Maker for proving to him that he isnt crazy this really happened. We wanted progress. We are black people and we should be proud of this. We were coming together to say this is our world, and how beautiful it was. Thanks to this terrific film, Thats Something we can all share in. I can take you higher. We believed in what we felt in here. Just go do it summer of sou
Far and away the most important and uplifting new release this week is summer of Soul, Questloves Sundance Award winning documentary that uncovers a Treasure Trove of footstomping, heart stopping live Music Footage that, incredibly, has remained hidden for half a century. Are you ready, black people . Crowd ready are you really ready . Ready are you ready to listen to all the beautiful black voices, the beautiful black feeling, the beautiful black waves moving in beautiful air . Are you ready, black people . Are you ready . Documenting the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that has until now been effectively erased from Pop Culture history, summer of Soul boasts a jaw dropping roster of acts who performed in Mount Morris Park over six consecutive weekends including stevie wonder, Nina Simone, sly and the family stone, Gladys Knight and the pips, bb king, the Fifth Dimension and many, many more. Nobody ever heard of the harlem culture festival. Nobody would believe that happened. The acts a
Rescue teams discovering another Body Today in the rubble of the collapsed Condo Building in florida. 11 people now confirmed dead. 150 others remain unaccounted for. The Search And Rescue operation continuing at this hour. And also tonight, as President Biden calls for a federal investigation into the deadly collapse, the town of surfside, florida, hiring a structural engineer to begin examining the evidence to get to the bottom of the disaster. It turns out an Engineering Firm wrote a report on the building back in 2018 warning of Major Structural Damage, including significant cracks and breaks in the concrete and advising the Condo Association to make extensive and necessary repairs. Lets get to cnns Boris Sanchez in surfside, florida, live for us this evening. Boris, good evening to you. It has now been 117 hours since the surfside Condo Collapse. Search and Rescue Teams have been scrambling to find any survivors, but no ones been pulled out alive since thursday. So how are familie
Damage, including significant cracks and breaks in the concrete, and advising the Condo Association to make extensive and necessary repairs. Lets get to cnns Boris Sanchez in Surfside Florida for us live this evening. Boris, good evening to you. It has now been 117 hours since the Surfside Condo collapse. Search and Rescue Teams have been scrambling to find any survivors. But no ones been pulled out alive since thursday. So how are families dealing with this . Reporter don, its agonizing. Theyre in a state of excruciating limbo. Theyre anxiously awaiting any answers to a series of questions. What happened to their Loved Ones . Are there any signs of life, are there any survivors . And then theyre thinking about accountability as well. Could this have been prevented . What caused this . Did someone know something like this would happen . Will somebody be held responsible . Its very difficult to move forward and begin the process of grieving when you dont know what actually happened to y