Summer of Soul (2021)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
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Date
- 16:00 / Cancelled 16:00 / Sold out Saturday, 16:00
Location
Grand AuditoriumCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Pricing
- Free admission
Subject to ticket collection 2 hours before the event. 2 tickets/person max. Online reservation with Cartão Gulbenkian is not available.
Summer of Soul is a documentary about the legendary Harlem Cultural Festival, a festival that took place in 1969 to celebrate Afro-American culture and music and black pride. The session will be hosted by musical critic Rui Miguel Abreu.
The six-week festival took place at Mount Morris Park (today Marcus Garvey Park), in Harlem, New York City, and featured big names such as Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone and B.B. King, amongst others.
Commonly known as the Black Woodstock, the Harlem Cultural Festival drew a crowd of 100 thousand people, although this historic achievement had been erased from the collective memory for almost 50 years.
Registered by Hal Tulchin, the nearly 40-hour footage were archived until they were rescued by the director Ahmir Khalib Thompson. The film was officially launched in 2021 at the Sundance Festival and received several awards, including an Oscar.
Don’t Look Back
This event is part of the film cycle “Don’t Look Back”, which includes six documentaries and film-concerts.
Biographies
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Rui Miguel Abreu
He has been writing about music since 1989, the year he made his debut as a critic for the daily newspaper A Capital. He currently contributes to Expresso, Blitz and the international magazine We Jazz, as well as editing the digital magazine Rimas e Batidas. He is also a member of the international panel of critics who vote for the awards of the world’s oldest jazz magazine, the American DownBeat. He is the creator of the radio programme Notas Azuis, currently broadcast on Antena 2.
Credits
Director
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Género
Documentário
Duração
118 minutos
Image
Still from the film 'Summer of Love' ©All rights reserved
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