Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Ethel Beatty

Self - Festival Attendee (as Ethel Beatty-Barnes)

Al Sharpton

Self - Minister & Activist (as Reverend Al Sharpton)

Allen Zerkin

Self - Former Assistant to Tony Lawrence

Margot Edman

Self - Festival Production Assistant

Alan Leeds

Self - Music Manager & Executive

Hal Tulchin

Self - Director & Producer, Harlem Cultural Festival 1969

Musa Jackson

Self - Festival Attendee

Billy Davis Jr.

Self - The 5th Dimension

Marilyn McCoo

Self - The 5th Dimension

Greg Tate

Self - Writer & Musician

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times

Jesse Jackson

Self - Minister & Activist (as Reverend Jesse Jackson)

Gladys Knight

Self - Musician

Greg Errico

Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Luis Miranda

Self - Civic Leader

Denise Oliver-Velez

Self - Professor & Activist

Sheila E.

Self - Musician

Stevie Wonder

Self - Musician

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Raoul Roach

Self - Son of Max Roach

Sal Masekela

Self - Son of Hugh Masekela (as Selema Masekela)

The 5th Dimension

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Don Alias

Self - Performer (archive footage)

The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Henry Franklin

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Edwin Hawkins

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Tramaine Hawkins

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Weldon Irvine

Self - Performer (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Maurice King

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Herbie Mann

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Dorothy Morrison

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Max Roach

Self - Performer (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Sly and the Family Stone

Self - Performer (archive footage)

The Staple Singers

Self - Singer (voice) (archive footage)

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Pops Staples)

Sly Stone

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Cal Tjader

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Orestes Vilato

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Ewart Abner

Self - Vice President of Motown Records (archive footage)

Cholly Atkins

Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)

Stokely Carmichael

Self - Activist (archive footage)

John Chancellor

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

Berry Gordy

Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)

Bones Howe

Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

Martin Luther King

Self - Activist (archive footage)

Lester

Self - Performer (archive footage)

John V. Lindsay

Self - New York City Mayor 1966 - 1973 (archive footage)

Moms Mabley

Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self - Activist (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

Bill Plante

Self - Correspondent, CBS News (archive footage)

A.M. Rosenthal

Self - Managing Editor, New York Times 1969-1987 (archive footage) (as Abe Rosenthal)

Dinah Shore

Self (archive footage)

Willie Tyler

Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)