Fifty years later, the video "Summer Of Soul/Summer of Soul"

In that year, many world events took place. The United Nations signed the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and came into effect. Human landing on the moon was regarded as a major advance in science and technology. The Woodstock concert took up the space, and of course my favorite J-Lo was born.

In the same year, at Morris Hill Park, Harlem, for six consecutive weeks from the end of June to August, one music theme per week, ranging from soul music, pop music, gospel songs, African music, Latin music, etc., the audience exceeded more than A musical feast of 300,000 people, the Harlem Cultural Festival. The singers who performed at that time are still legends in the music world.

The original budget-strapped concert had to save even the lighting costs, so the stage was fully utilized in the afternoon sunlight, and because it was sponsored later, it was possible to hire a photography team to record this legendary grand performance, with a total of more than 40 hours of video recording. , but it was cut out for more than an hour as a special, which aired on the CBS and ABC networks, and then the tape was kept in the basement for fifty years.

The documentary will be released in 2021, and the concert footage at that time will be restored and used extensively, with some historical events and video records interspersed in the middle, as well as interviews with the participating musicians and audiences at that time. You can see such a simple stage, full of the pure power of music, and more importantly, not only music, but the evolution of an era, where the energy of people's desire to change is gathered. Although there was still discrimination against black people in American society at that time (and it still exists today), the performance of this cultural festival was responsible for boosting the morale of the black human rights movement, especially after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther, the black human rights movement could not even appear. fault. Relying on music and culture, ethnic groups can be more cohesive.

Even if the images were archived and all the focus was on Woodstock, the re-emergence after fifty years seems to be boosting the morale of the BLM movement in the past two years. The reproduction of these precious scenes is not only the precious performances of these music legends, but also extends to the history of the development of the black civil rights movement. The black people's self-consciousness of equal rights, through the active and rich music, enhances the self-confidence of the black ethnic group and breaks through social discrimination. This film also allowed me, who has always loved soul music, to revisit that important performance that should be on par with Woodstock. I was really moved. When Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples sang the song "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", the sincere The powerful and powerful singing, maybe they miss their old friend (Jade sang in front of Dr. Martin Luther before, but did not expect to be assassinated when he met him), or maybe they hoped that their aspirations could reach the sky, but the power was still there. It really forced my tears. Although I have no religious belief, music can be said to be the closest thing to my belief. The power that music brings to me is limitless.

Finally, say to these music that has been with me for a long time