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

Roy Ayers as Self
Ethel Beatty as Self (as Ethel Beatty-Barnes)
Barbara Bland-Acosta as Self
Mike Boone as Self
Dorinda Drake as Self
Sheila E as .Self
Margot Edman as Self
Greg Errico as Self
Anthony Flood as Self
Charlayne Hunter-Gault as Self
Cyril 'Bullwhip' Innis Jr as .Self
Jesse Jackson as Self (as Reverend Jesse Jackson)
Musa Jackson as Self
Gladys Knight as Self
Adrienne Kryor as Self
Alan Leeds as Self
Darryl Lewis as Self
Sal Masekela as Self (as Selema Masekela)
Marilyn McCoo as Self
Billy Davis Jr as .Self (as Billy Davis)
Jim McFarland as Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Self
Luis Miranda as Self
Denise Oliver-Velez as Self
Roger Parris as Self
Raoul Roach as Self
Chris Rock as Self
Al Sharpton as Self (as Reverend Al Sharpton)
Mavis Staples as Self
Sly Stone as Self (archive footage) (as Sylvester Stone)
Greg Tate as Self
Stevie Wonder as Self
Sue Yellin as Self
Allen Zerkin as Self
Tony Lawrence as Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Edwin Hawkins Singers as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Edwin Hawkins as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Tramaine Hawkins as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Walter Hawkins as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Dorothy Morrison as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr as .Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Chambers Brothers as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Babatunde Olatunji as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Max Roach as Self - Performer (archive footage)
George Kirby as Self - Performer (archive footage)
The 5th Dimension as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Professor Caldwell and the Choralites as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Ben Branch as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Harwell Chauncey as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Clara Walker as Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Gospel Redeemers as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Papa Stales)
The Staple Singers as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Herman Stevens as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Professor Herman Stevens)
The Voices of Faith as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Chuck Jackson as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Blinky as Self - Performer (archive footage)
David Ruffin as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Willie Tyler as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Lester as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Gladys Knight & The Pips as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Maurice King as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Gene Key as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Sly and the Family Stone as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Herbie Mann as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Steve Marcus as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Sonny Sharrock as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Miroslav Vitous as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Bruno Carr as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Ray Barretto as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Adalberto Santiago as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Roberto Rodriguez as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Luis Cruz as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Andy Gonzalez as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Orestes Vilato as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Tony Fuentes as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Mongo Santamaria as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Luis Gasca as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Ray Maldanado as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Sonny Fortune as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Hadley Caliman as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Rodgers Grant as Self - Performer (archive footage)
William Allen as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Steve Berrios as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Moms Mabley as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Cal Tjader as Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Harlem Calypso Band as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Harlem Calypso Band)
Nina Simone as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Don Alias as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Weldon Irvine as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Larry Willis as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Henry Franklin as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Chuck Carter as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Marcus Garvey Jr as .Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Dinizulu Dancers & Drummers as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Dinizulu Dancers & Drummers)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Pigmeat Markham)
Yvonne Fair as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Yvonne Faire)
B.B. King as Self - Performer (archive footage)
The Harlem Festival Jazz Band as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Harlem Festival Jazz Band)
Carlos Alomar as Self - Performer (archive footage) (as Listen My Brother)
Redd Foxx as Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay as Self (archive footage)
Hal Tulchin as Self (archive footage)
Dinah Shore as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)