Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Questlove's directorial debut documentary Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. It notably took home six top honors at the Critics Choice Awards, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best First Documentary Feature, Best Editing, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Music Documentary, and was winner of Best Documentary Award from the National Board of Review. The soundtrack will feature standout selections from the award-winning film, which revived footage and restored audio from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The bill included sets from Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, B.B. King, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, David Ruffin, The 5th Dimension, Edwin Hawkins, Herbie Mann, Ray Barretto, and more, all of which will be included on the film’s original motion picture soundtrack.

TRACKLIST
1. The Chambers Brothers – “Uptown”
2. B.B. King – “Why I Sing The Blues”
3. The 5th Dimension – “Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya”
4. The 5th Dimension – “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)”
5. David Ruffin – “My Girl”
6. The Edwin Hawkins Singers – “Oh Happy Day”
7. The Staple Singers – “It’s Been A Change”
8. The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir Featuring Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples – “Precious Lord Take My Hand”
9. Gladys Knight & The Pips – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
10. Mongo Santamaria – “Watermelon Man”
11. Ray Barretto – “Together”
12. Herbie Mann- “Hold On, I’m Comin’”
13. Sly & The Family Stone – “Sing A Simple Song”
14. Sly & The Family Stone – “Everyday People”
15. Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach – “Africa”
16. Nina Simone – “Backlash Blues”
17. Nina Simone – “Are You Ready”