Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Menu About Photos Releases Releases Category Onyx Collective Specials February 10, 2022 Onyx Collective, Searchlight Pictures and Hulu’s Oscar®-Nominated Documentary, ‘Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),’ Makes Its Broadcast Television Premiere, Sunday, Feb. 20, at 8/7c on ABC Oscar®-nominated and multiple award-winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” will make its broadcast television premiere on ABC on SUNDAY, FEB. 20 (8:00-10:31 p.m. EST). In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary – part music film, part historical record – created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in summer 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten – until now. “Summer of Soul” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. The film has swept the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards with wins in all six categories for which it was nominated, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director. It has also won 46 awards across critics Press Release - Onyx Collective
February 10, 2022 Onyx Collective, Searchlight Pictures and Hulu’s Oscar®-Nominated Documentary, ‘Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),’ Makes Its Broadcast Television Premiere, Sunday, Feb. 20, at 8/7c on ABC Oscar®-nominated and multiple award-winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” will make its broadcast television premiere on ABC on SUNDAY, FEB. 20 (8:00-10:31 p.m. EST). In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary – part music film, part historical record – created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in summer 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten – until now. “Summer of Soul” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. The film has swept the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards with wins in all six categories for which it was nominated, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director. It has also won 46 awards across critics Press Release - Onyx Collective
