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SUMMER OF SOUL, COMMUNITY SING-A-LONG, MY HOUSE ONCE STOOD HERE
August 18 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Join us for a FREE outdoor screening of the Academy Award winning concert film, SUMMER OF SOUL. Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. 8:30PM. Artropee Way Municipal Parking Lot, Nyack. Opening reception – My House Once Stood Here- at 6:30PM followed by a Community Sing-A-Long!
The Artopee Way Municipal Parking Lot in downtown Nyack will be converted into a pop-up drive-in theater for a FREE outdoor screening of SUMMER OF SOUL – the Academy Award winning music documentary featuring previously unseen footage celebrating the Black music, art and culture of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Performances include Stevie Wonder, Gladys Night and the Pips, Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, B.B. King, The Fifth Dimension, Mahalia Jackson and more. The movie will be projected onto a building across from the parking lot. Sit in your car and tune into a radio station for the audio, or bring lawn chairs, watch from a viewing area and listen to audio from surrounding speakers. Rain Date: Aug. 25, 2024. Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
Visit www.rivertownfilm.org for details.