." >> it came from the artists i looked up to, nina simone, stevie wonder, marvin gay, who used theirc but going out there and funding protests, like harry belafonte used to do-- marching with people like they used to do, singing at the protests. these were artists i looked up to. when i was 15 i wrote an essay, a black history month essay competition -- >> i wondered if this was true. >> it's true. i wrote this when i was 15. and they said, "how are you going to make this in 500 words or less?" i said, "i'm going to become a successful artist. i'm going to become a musician and do what i love, which is making music. but i'm also going to use the platform i gained from becoming a successful musician to try to make change in the world. >> trevor: it's such an interesting journey to get into. 15 saying i'm going to become a successful recording artist and not just for the music or fame, but to use the platform. that's what you've done. your latest initiative, "humanlevel," it's a really interesting one. for a long time, people have argued many people who are activists or many people who

the likes of stevie wonder, nina simone -- simone and gladys knight. decades, nobody was interested in the footage. the musician known as quest love took up the challenge in a documentary that brings history to life. it is part of his ongoing work in music that is now in a new book. we top with quest love recently about his arts and culture series, canvas. >> ladies and gentlemen, gladys knight. reporter: the musicians, some all-time greats. ♪ reporter: the music lifting you to the sky. this setting, the harlem cultural festival in 1969. in all of it is stunning to see in 2021. even more mind blowing is how close it came to being lost forever. the moment you saw what happen here, you knew you were onto something. >> absolutely. to be here and to see the structure, i definitely remember this shot. reporter: the musician quest love made his directorial debut this time -- this summer with the documentary summer of soul. when we met recently, the site of the original concert when it was still called mount morris park, we hesita to take on the project when

nina simone said it best. how can you be an artist and not speak about the times?lly inappropriate ways that people say is not politically correct but is teachable moments and there was no lies told. here's the hypocrisy for me, don. and i love my community, lgbtq plus. i'm saying it correctly because i'm still a comedian first but i'm going to be respectful tonight to everyone involved because i have three dogs in this fight. the love of the comedian will always be in me but i can hide that. the transgender person that i identify as will always be me but i can hide that. but the black person in me i can never hide. i hate the fact that we keep skirting around. so here it is, the hypocrisy. dave chappelle gave his friend, his words, had his friend who is white and transgender who wanted to be a comedian an opportunity to open for him. dave chappelle is one of the greatest to do it of our time right now. that was a huge opportunity for her. the lgbtq community never reached out to give her any opportunity like that. but then they turned and said he was transphobic,

harlem, featuring artists who would go on to become musical legends-- the likes of stevie wonder, nina simoneladys knight. but for decades, no one s interested in the footage. the musician known as questlove took up the challenge, in a documentary that brings history to life. it's part of his ongoing work in music, a also, now, in a new book. jeffrey brown talked with questlove recent, for our arts and culture series, "canvas." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brown: the musicians? some all-time greats. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the music? lifting you to the sky. the setting? the harlem cultural festival, in 1969. all of it-- stunning and amazing to see, and in 2021. but even more mind-blowing? how close it came to being lost forever. the moment you saw what happened here, you knew you were on to something? this was something big? >> absolutely, yeah. and even to be here and to see this structure? like, i definitely remember this shot. >> brown: the renowned musician ahmir thompson, better known as questlove, made his directorial debut this year with the acclaimed documentary "summer of soul." but when we met recently in marcus g

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simone. stay with us, headlines coming up. we will give them a bit of a pep on strictly. hello, this is breakfast with ninang. three dads have been through, not the same at all, but we've all been through that devastating, we've just lost our daughters. we just lost our daughters, how do you recover from that? i respect these dads so much, - andy and tim, because i know how hard it is to actually get out - of bed in the morning some days. hey, mate, how are you? how you doing? this is only the third time that these three dads, who all lost a daughter to suicide, have met in person. and it is the day before they start out on a 300—mile walk to raise awareness of the help available to young people contemplating taking their own lives. the route starts at andy's house near penrith in cumbria. he lost his daughter sophie, a nurse, just before christmas 2018. with a newjob and flat on the horizon, the family thought she had turned a corner in her life. itjust didn't make sense. trying to understand why she thought that was the only course of action. they then walk to mike's house in sale, in greater manchester.