Documentary: Summer of Soul

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: Firehouse Cultural Center

Event type: Center Stage

FCC will be showing a multi-award winning 2021 documentary, SUMMER OF SOUL (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). Friend Robert Fyvolent is the Executive Producer. He will be bringing his Oscar for a showing of this documentary here at FCC.
Tuesday Evening February 28th at 7:00 pm, (FREE).

Critical Response:

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 99% (based on 220 reviews), with an average rating of 9.1/10; the website’s critics consensus reads: “Deftly interweaving incredible live footage with a series of revealing interviews, Summer of Soul captures the spirit and context of a watershed moment while tying it firmly to the present.”

About the Film:

Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, New York The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park. The footage was never seen and largely forgotten–until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Baretto, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach and more.

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