Mr. Soul!

Year: 2018

Actors: Ellis Haizlip, Sidney Poitier, Blair Underwood, Harry Belafonte, Patti LaBelle, ...

Duration: 104 min

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL. Ellis Haizlip ensures that the Revolution would be televised with "SOUL!," America's first "Black Tonight Show." From 1968 to 1973, the public-television variety show SOUL!, guided by enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and pol...

Genre: Documentary