A group in Harlem is going back to the future to reimagine a series of concerts back in 1969 that brought the community together in what is now Marcus Garvey Park. A movie about the shows called 'Summer of Soul' won an Oscar for Best Documentary last month.
Questlove told On The Red Carpet that the heart behind his Oscar-nominated "Summer of Soul" came from a desire to create content that his younger self would want to see.
Shakespeare wrote,"What's past is prologue," meaning history can set the stage for what follows; and that's the idea behind another Summer of Soul in Harlem. Musa Jackson was a child of 5 when he attended the original and saw the late Nina Simone take the stage. "Are you ready, Black people?" she asked the crowd of 50,000+ on that long ago summer's day."Are you ready?""It's been a memory that's in my brain, that's been in my brain my whole life," he said."This movie has absolutely changed my life," he said."I have obviously received so much love from the community as well as from people from around the world.
And that got him thinking that maybe the original series of concerts depicted in the movie could be re-imagined for the 21st century."This is truly going to be a collaboration," veteran community organizer Nikoa Evans said."And we're engaging the community in a very grassroots way to get their insight and what they want to do because this really is their festival.""We're engaging sponsors," McNair said.
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