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Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is seen performing in Harlem in the summer of 1969, in a still from the documentary film "Summer of Soul." (COURTESY PHOTO)

CONWAY — On Friday, Aug. 21, the Majestic Theatre’s Summer Concert Film Series presents the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" on the full-size cinema screen in its air-conditioned venue.

In the summer of 1969, the world watched the moon landing, the counterculture gathered at Woodstock in upstate New York — and a cultural revolution arrived in New York City’s Harlem.

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