Synopsis

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

Cast

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Tony Lawrence

Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Mavis Staples

Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self

Key Crew

David Dinerstein

Producer

Robert Fyvolent

Producer

Joseph Patel

Producer

Questlove

Director

Davis Guggenheim

Executive Producer

Laurene Powell Jobs

Executive Producer

Ruth Johnston

Executive Producer

Jody Allen

Executive Producer