Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' coming to ABC TV; expanded soundtrack LP coming in June

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Want to watch Questlove‘s Oscar-nominated documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), but don’t have Hulu or Disney+?  You’re in luck.

The acclaimed film, which documents the six-week-long, star-studded 1969 event The Harlem Cultural Festival, will have its broadcast television premiere on Sunday, February 20 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. 

The festival, the tapes of which sat on a shelf for decades, featured huge stars of soul, blues, Latin, jazz and R&B. Among the artists you’ll see performing in the film are Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Sly