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Black history banished
MARIA DUARTE recommends a fascinating documentary about a revolutionary black music festival that was deliberately ignored by the media
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 12A
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
IN THE summer of 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, another epic and historic music event took place which celebrated black history, culture and fashion, but which no-one has ever heard of because it was never publicised or shown on television — deliberately.
Over six weeks The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park), but the footage has never been seen — until now, musician-turned-director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s powerful debut documentary finally righting the wrongful omission.
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