JUNETEENTH FILM SERIES CELEBRATION

275 Fairfield Ave,Bridgeport CT 06605

10 June, 2022

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JUNETEENTH FILM SERIES CELEBRATION Presented by WPKN 89.5 fm and the Juneteenth Parade & Harambee Festival ALL AGES This is a Free Event. However, RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) A 2021 American documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his directorial debut. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the documentary categories, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on June 25, 2021, before expanding and being released for streaming on Hulu the following weekend. The film received acclaim from critics, with particular praise given to the restoration of the footage used. It won numerous awards, including Best Documentary Feature at the 6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, where it won in all six categories in which it was nominated; Best Documentary at the 75th British Academy Film Awards; Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards; and Best Music Film at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards