The famous 1969 festival is at the center of the recent Academy Award-winning documentary directed by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson. Just weeks after Questlove’s Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution ...
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, chronicled in the hit documentary Summer of Soul, was honored by the U.S. Senate, which recognized it with a resolution on Wednesday. Through “unanimous consent,” ...
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival was the backdrop for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson‘s Oscar-winning documentary, Summer of Soul, and a reimagining of the original format was announced this week. Titled ...
NYACK - A slew of events now scheduled for Aug. 25 in this riverfront village offer the chance to sing and dance in the streets, see a drive-in movie and reclaim forgotten history of the Black ...
The award-winning documentary has sparked a modern reimagining of the famed 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Next summer is already confirmed to be a “Summer of Soul.” Oscar, Grammy, and Peabody ...
The Senate agreed on a resolution by ‘unanimous consent’ and announced the festival would be recognized during the last weekend in June. According to Rolling Stone, on Wednesday, the resolution—which ...
Questlove’s Summer of Soul, the Oscar-winning documentary about the long-forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival, has inspired organizers to plan a new fest at the site of that 1969 event. Scheduled for ...
It’ll be 1969 all over again, when that year’s Harlem Cultural Festival makes a comeback. Harlem businesswoman Nikoa Evans, media maverick Musa Jackson and Emmy Award-nominated event producer Yvonne ...
The Harlem Cultural Festival has come full circle thanks to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s award-winning documentary, “Summer of Soul.” Announced Wednesday, the music event, newly rebranded as the ...
A group with the Harlem Festival of Culture wants to take on an enormous task which was inspired by Questlove’s Oscar and Grammy award-winning documentary, Summer of Soul, to bring back the eclectic ...