--- title: "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised): cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised" cast: 57 crew: 39 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021): cast and crew 57 cast and 39 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Stevie Wonder](https://film.one/person/stevie-wonder.md) as Self - [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://film.one/person/lin-manuel-miranda.md) as Self - Artist - [Chris Rock](https://film.one/person/chris-rock.md) as Self - Artist - [Tony Lawrence](https://film.one/person/tony-lawrence-1804519.md) as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage) - [Nina Simone](https://film.one/person/nina-simone.md) as Self (archive footage) - [B.B. King](https://film.one/person/b-b-king.md) as Self (archive footage) - [Abbey Lincoln](https://film.one/person/abbey-lincoln.md) as Self (archive footage) - [Mavis Staples](https://film.one/person/mavis-staples.md) as Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice) - [Mahalia Jackson](https://film.one/person/mahalia-jackson.md) as Self (archive footage) - [David Ruffin](https://film.one/person/david-ruffin.md) as Self - [Sly Stone](https://film.one/person/sly-stone.md) as Self - Performer (archive footage) - [Hugh Masekela](https://film.one/person/hugh-masekela.md) as Self (archive footage) - John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage) - Ray Barretto as Self - Performer (archive footage) - Herbie Mann as Self (archive footage) - Mongo Santamaría as Self - Performer (archive footage) - [Questlove](https://film.one/person/questlove.md) as Self (uncredited) - Luis A. Miranda Jr. as Self - Civic Leader - [Walter Cronkite](https://film.one/person/walter-cronkite.md) as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage) - [Malcolm X](https://film.one/person/malcolm-x.md) as Self - Activist (archive footage) - [Martin Luther King Jr.](https://film.one/person/martin-luther-king-jr.md) as Self - Activist (archive footage) - Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage) - [Richard Nixon](https://film.one/person/richard-nixon.md) as Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) - [John F. Kennedy](https://film.one/person/john-f-kennedy.md) as Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) - Jesse Jackson as Self - Moms Mabley as Self (archive footage) - Max Roach as Self (archive footage) - [Fidel Castro](https://film.one/person/fidel-castro.md) as Self (archive footage) - Redd Foxx as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage) - Dorinda Drake as Self - Festival Attendee - Barbara Bland-Acosta as Self - Festival Attendee - Darryl Lewis as Self - Festival Attendee - Gladys Knight as Self - Musician - Dinah Shore as Self (archive footage) - [Buzz Aldrin](https://film.one/person/buzz-aldrin.md) as Self (archive sound) - Al Sharpton as Self - Minister & Activist - Marilyn McCoo as Self - The 5th Dimension - Sheila E. as Self - Musician - Berry Gordy as Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage) - [Neil Armstrong](https://film.one/person/neil-armstrong.md) as Self (archive sound) - George Kirby as Self (archive footage) - Willie Tyler as Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage) - Billy Davis Jr. as Self - The 5th Dimension - John Chancellor as Self (archive footage) - Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham as Self (archive footage) - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. as Self - Performer (archive footage) - Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Self - Performer (archive footage) - [Harry Reasoner](https://film.one/person/harry-reasoner.md) as Self (archive footage) - Selema Masekela as Self - Son of Hugh Masekela - Edwin Hawkins as Self - Performer (archive footage) - Kwame Ture as Self - Activist (archive footage) - Bones Howe as Self - Music Producer (archive footage) - Greg Errico as Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone - Roy Ayers as Self - Musa Jackson as Self - Festival Attendee - Charlayne Hunter-Gault as Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times - Cholly Atkins as Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage) ## Directing - [Questlove](https://film.one/person/questlove.md): Director ## Production - [David Dinerstein](https://film.one/person/david-dinerstein.md): Producer - [Robert Fyvolent](https://film.one/person/robert-fyvolent.md): Producer - [Joseph Patel](https://film.one/person/joseph-patel.md): Producer - Inuka Bacote: Co-Producer - Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck: Associate Producer - Jody Allen: Executive Producer - Cora Atkinson: Co-Producer - Rocky Collins: Executive Producer - Andrea Dramer: Associate Producer - Jannat Gargi: Executive Producer - [Davis Guggenheim](https://film.one/person/davis-guggenheim.md): Executive Producer - Beth Hubbard: Executive Producer - Jen Isaacson: Executive Producer - Ruth Johnston: Executive Producer - Jon Kamen: Executive Producer - Laurene Powell Jobs: Executive Producer - Jonathan Silberberg: Executive Producer - Dave Sirulnick: Executive Producer - Nicole Stott: Executive Producer - Gregory A. Thomson: Co-Producer - Jeffrey Lurie: Executive Producer ## Camera - [Shawn Peters](https://film.one/person/shawn-peters.md): Director of Photography ## Editing - [Joshua L. Pearson](https://film.one/person/joshua-l-pearson.md): Editor ## Sound and music - Alan Chow: Sound Mixer - Aisha Hallgren: Sound Mixer - Dennis Hamlin: Sound Mixer - Paul Hsu: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Jiho Kim: Assistant Sound Editor - Rich Mach: Sound Mixer - Mike Stahr: Sound Mixer - Emily Strong: Sound Mixer - Paul Massey: Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer ## Art - Lauren Nikrooz: Art Direction - Mark Thompson: Art Direction ## Costume and make-up - Sunny Bourgeois: Hair Supervisor - Nicola David: Makeup & Hair - Robyn Fisher: Makeup & Hair - Viola Nicholson: Makeup & Hair --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md