Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) vs The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.6/10 for Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)). The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 57m. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are documentary, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) posterSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 VS The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz posterThe Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz2025
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 8.0/10
Year20212025
Length1h 57m1h 10m
GenresDocumentary, History, MusicDocumentary, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorQuestloveStephen Bennett
Main castChris Rock, Lin-Manuel Miranda, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Nina SimoneJonah Hauer-King, Heather Morris, Anna Próchniak, Gary Sokolov, George Halasz

Synopsis

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

Filmed in Melbourne, Slovakia, and Poland, this poignant and intimate one-off documentary will follow Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov (one of the real-life tattooists of Auschwitz). Their incredible love story began when they met and fell in love as Slovakian Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where the Nazi regime systematically murdered over a million Jews. The film will chart Gary’s first visit to this most…

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