Film Screening: Summer of Soul (2021)

This music documentary explores and reclaims the legacy of the six-week 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).

© Twentieth Century Fox - 118 minutes - PG-13

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Accessibility
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.