Music Documentary History
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.
Directed by
Questlove
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive sound)
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Selema Masekela
Self - Son of Hugh Masekela
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Dinah Shore
Self (archive footage)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self (archive footage)
Sheila E.
Self - Musician
Redd Foxx
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self
Malcolm X
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Questlove
Self (uncredited)
Stevie Wonder
Self
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin
Self (archive sound)
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Kwame Ture
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Self - Musician
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage)
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self - Civic Leader
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)
Greg Errico
Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone
Al Sharpton
Self - Minister & Activist
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn McCoo
Self - The 5th Dimension
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Billy Davis Jr.
Self - The 5th Dimension
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Willie Tyler
Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
David Ruffin
Self
Herbie Mann
Self (archive footage)
Mongo Santamaría
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Dorinda Drake
Self - Festival Attendee
Barbara Bland-Acosta
Self - Festival Attendee
Darryl Lewis
Self - Festival Attendee
George Kirby
Self (archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Edwin Hawkins
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Musa Jackson
Self - Festival Attendee
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times
Cholly Atkins
Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)

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