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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catbite / Chris Farren / Megg | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
| Soul Exchange / Pure Bliss / Cycle of Abuse | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Pansy Division / Teenage Halloween / Hotseat | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Truck Violence / My Wife's An Angel / Sour Spirit | 8:00pm | Cousin Danny's | All Ages |
| Bikini Kill / Kilynn Lunsford | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Joe Lally / Yanni / Jerry Busher (members of Fugazi, Messthetics, Stinking Lizaveta, Shadow Riot) | 8:00pm | The Khyber | 21+ |
| Nick Hakim / Arima Ederra | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Cheekface | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soji and Friends Fight Back II feat. Soji / The Angies / In Jest / Good Teal (Benefit for Serenity House) | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Homestyle Dinner Rolls | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Cohen / Angel Meat / Invisible Scissors / Walnut Brain | 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Molly's Books and Records | All Ages |
| (Film) Speakn' Trane (2024) & Passing Through (1977) | 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Perelman Building (PMA) | All Ages |
| Negative Approach / School Drugs / Impact Driver / Brainwashed | 6:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | All Ages |
| Situational Beaver (Play) | 6:30pm | Vox Populi | All Ages |