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

2021

117 minutes (1 hrs 57 mins)

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

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Questlove

Starring

Roy Ayers · Ethel Beatty · Barbara Bland-Acosta · Mike Boone · Dorinda Drake · Sheila E.

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 28th January 2021

Canada release: 29th April 2021

Slovakia release: 24th June 2021

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 16th Jul '21
Debut position: 10
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: £62.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

Box Office debut: 2nd Jul '21
Debut position: 11
Highest position: 11
Debut gross: $650 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

16 Jul, 2021
10

23 Jul, 2021
13

30 Jul, 2021
15

US box office

2 Jul, 2021
11

9 Jul, 2021
12

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£259.3 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$2.3 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

25thframe.co.uk stats

Total views:
77

First viewed:
11th Apr 2026

Last viewed:
8th Jun 2026

Director

Role

Questlove

Directed By

Lin-Manuel
Miranda

Chris
Rock

Actor

Character

Roy Ayers

Self

Ethel Beatty

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Barbara Bland-Acosta

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Mike Boone

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Dorinda Drake

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Sheila E.

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Margot Edman

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Greg Errico

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Anthony Flood

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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Cyril Bullwhip Innis Jr.

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Jesse Jackson

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Musa Jackson

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Gladys Knight

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Adrienne Kryor

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Alan Leeds

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Darryl Lewis

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Sal Masekela

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Marilyn McCoo

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Billy Davis Jr.

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Jim McFarland

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Luis Miranda

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Denise Oliver-Velez

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Roger Parris

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Raoul Roach

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Chris Rock

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Al Sharpton

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Mavis Staples

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Sly Stone

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Greg Tate

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Stevie Wonder

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Sue Yellin

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Allen Zerkin

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Tony Lawrence

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The Edwin Hawkins Singers

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Edwin Hawkins

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Tramaine Hawkins

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Walter Hawkins

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Dorothy Morrison

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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The Chambers Brothers

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Babatunde Olatunji

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Abbey Lincoln

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Max Roach

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George Kirby

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The 5th Dimension

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Professor Caldwell and the Choralites

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Operation Breadbasket

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Ben Branch

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Harwell Chauncey

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Clara Walker

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The Gospel Redeemers

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The Staple Singers

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Mahalia Jackson

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Herman Stevens

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The Voices of Faith

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Chuck Jackson

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Blinky

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David Ruffin

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Willie Tyler

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Lester

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Gladys Knight & The Pips

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Maurice King

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Gene Key

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Sly and the Family Stone

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Herbie Mann

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Steve Marcus

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Sonny Sharrock

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Miroslav Vitous

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Bruno Carr

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Ray Barretto

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Adalberto Santiago

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Roberto Rodriguez

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Luis Cruz

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Andy Gonzalez

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Orestes Vilato

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Tony Fuentes

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Mongo Santamaria

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Luis Gasca

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Ray Maldanado

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Sonny Fortune

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Hadley Caliman

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Rodgers Grant

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William Allen

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Steve Berrios

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Moms Mabley

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Cal Tjader

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The Harlem Calypso Band

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Nina Simone

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Don Alias

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Weldon Irvine

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Hugh Masekela

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Larry Willis

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Henry Franklin

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Chuck Carter

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Marcus Garvey Jr.

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The Dinizulu Dancers & Drummers

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Dewey Pigmeat Markham

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Yvonne Fair

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B.B. King

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The Harlem Festival Jazz Band

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Carlos Alomar

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Redd Foxx

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John V. Lindsay

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Hal Tulchin

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Dinah Shore

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