Summer of Soul - Wellington Timebank Annual Film Fundraiser

Kia ora e te Timebank whānau!

We are hosting our annual film fundraiser on Sunday September 5th, screening the film 'Summer of Soul'.

We invite you to join us from 5pm for some kai, a raffle, and catch up, before the screening at 6pm.
Tickets are $25, or $22 if you buy 3 or more. If you manage to sell 3 tickets on behalf of Timebank we will pay you 1 Time Credit!

You can also scan the QR code on our poster, or contact us by phone at 04 920 6708 or e-mail at info@wellingtontimebank.org.nz.

The Film:
"The movie was the dream of late TV producer Hal Tulchin, who shot a series of stunning, never-before-seen concert performances in New York’s Mount Morris Park by an incredible array of A-list artists in their prime: Stevie Wonder, David Ruffin, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Staple Singers, the Chambers Brothers, Hugh Masekela, Max Roach, and B.B. King, as well as Puerto Rican percussionist Ray Barretto and Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria.

He called it the “Black Woodstock.”

Over the course of six weeks in 1969, from June 29 through August 24, the Harlem Cultural Festival celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion in the same summer as Woodstock, which took place just a hundred miles away in upstate New York from August 15-18.

But for the better part of 50 years, Tulchin’s concert footage was stored away in his basement in Bronxville, New York, and largely forgotten — until now." - Dave Mesrey (for SCENE)