Film Screening: Summer of Soul, Thursday February 27

February 23, 2025

Summer of Soul 
2021. PG-13. 118 minutes.

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 It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus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).

All are welcome. Subtitles are used when possible. Refreshments provided. Registration is not required, just drop in!

Summer of Soul film cover, black people protesting with Washington DC in the background