The students also shared their thoughts on the Oscar-nominated documentary and the Harlem Cultural Festival's place in Black history.
For 50 years, the footage of an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion, The Harlem Cultural Festival, sat unseen. Until now.: I think it was super cool to be able to see this representation that was hidden from everyone ... and to be able to understand the cultural impact it really had on the time and place, even though we don't talk about it, mostly because it wasn't white-centric.
After the engaging conversation, Questlove left the class of young creatives with a little advice:"Live in your heart as long as you can. The thing that brought you to music or brought you to dance or brought you to writing, dreaming -- all those things are super important. Don't fall back on anything safe. Follow your gut instinct, and keep your passion as long as you can."
"Summer of Soul" is the first official project under the Onyx Collective brand for creators of color and underrepresented creatives. It's
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