"Why have we never heard about this before? That is the question you constantly ask yourself when watching this fantastic docupic about the best kept secret festival of the sixties. While all the attention is on Woodstock in the summer of 1969, barely 150 away in Harlem, New York an even more impressive festival is being organised. Where the boys and girls in Woodstock call it a day after three days, in Harlem they go on for six weeks.

The festival is beautifully filmed, but there is no budget to turn it into a film afterwards. Musician and director Questlove dived into the countless hours of footage and Summer of Soul is the fantastic result. A colourful, political and musical portrait of a festival you would have wanted to be at from start to finish. With music by legends such as Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and many more!”