Philadelphia Film Festival "Summer of Soul" (2021) Director - Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Friday, June 11, 2021 - 7:00pm
Venue:
PFS Bourse Theater
Age:
All Ages The Festival will open with the directorial debut from Philadelphia native Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, SUMMER OF SOUL, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. SUMMER OF SOUL is a powerful and transporting documentary - part music film, part historical record created around an epic event in the summer of 1969, The Harlem Cultural Festival, that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. The documentary includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Baretto, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach and more.
Philly Haps
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pluko | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Ada Lea / Avalon Tassonyi / Michael Cormier-O'Leary / Keepsake1Million | 8:00pm | Khyber Pass Pub | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Nothings / Knifeplay | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Titan to Tachyons | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Supports: 40 Watts From Nowhere film screening | 7:30pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Monolord | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profanatica / Cloak | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Nelward / Grocer / Gloorp | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarves | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| CRUD FL / Coffindust / Gorgar | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titus Andronicus | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
| Dopethrone / Ecstatic Vision | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| John Zorn's Flatlands | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Spike Hellis / Nuxx | 8:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Jim E. Brown (full band show) | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |