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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartoon performing a live score for the film "The Blood of a Poet" | 7:00pm | Launderette Records | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mat Kerekes / Equipment / Bike Routes | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (FILM) Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story | 7:30pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| mb + mp (Tape Release) / EVA KILLINGER / SOPORUS | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| (Film) ENO (documentary about visionary musician Brian Eno, a film that’s different every time it’s shown) | 9:00pm | Philadelphia Film Society | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pom Poko / Grocer / Big Bill | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| The Deadeyes / Dave McDonnell's 5th World / This Temper | 8:00pm | Century | 21+ |
| Sham-E-Ali Nayeem / Swetha Narasimhan / Julius Masri | 8:00pm | Twelve Gates Arts | All Ages |
| Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Masqurave Fundrager With DJs: WKDU EMM alum James Wessinger of Zillas on acid and Matt V | 10:00pm | Ulana's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| THIRD ANNUAL ABORTION ACCESS BENEFIT feat. Control Top / Dark Thoughts / Mopar Stars / Nina Ryser / Noun / Pinkwash | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Soccer Mommy / L'rain | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali Obomsawin Quartet | 8:00pm | Harold Prince Theatre | All Ages |
| Arcana New Music Ensemble performing Pauline Oliveros’ works | 8:00pm | Icebox Project Space | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Lea Mayfield / Margaux / lowercase roses | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |