Everything I've heard about "Summer of Soul" is true. It's perfect and essential. Includes full song performances (not just annoyingly short clips) by an insane lineup of soul, gospel and Latin jazz artists. Unimaginable that this chunk of history came so close to being lost.

Absolutely true. But I think we need to see every bit of the footage now. Release the @questlove Cut! twitter.com/dmandl/status/…

@KevinMKruse @questlove What's up with all this talk about how it was inconceivable that this footage was locked away for decades. Just listen to Nina Simone read the Nelson poem asking if the crowd was ready to kill if necessary. Or smash white things. You think this was going to be broadcast in 1969?