Join the Hammer Museum at UCLA, KCRW and the UCLA Film & Television Archive for Summer Night Cinema — a free film screening presented Tuesday nights through the season. Attendees can also enjoy after-hours gallery access, drinks and bar bites at Lulu. Galleries will be open until the films begin at 7:30 p.m.
The June 28 screening of “Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised” features Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s debut film, which won an Academy Award for best documentary feature and a Grammy for best music film this year. The documentary features footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place during the summer of 1969 at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park) in New York, 100 miles south of Woodstock.
“Summer of Soul” includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King and more.
Admission to the Hammer is free. Seats will be assigned at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis.