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Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Directed by Melissa Haizlip, Sam Pollard
“Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...”
Documentary, Comedy, Music · 1h 30m
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
Cast
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Ellis Haizlip
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Blair Underwood
Ellis Haizlip (voice)
Harry Belafonte
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Self (archive footage)
Questlove
Self
Novella Nelson
Self
Maya Angelou
Self (archive footage)
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
Self
Crew
- Director
- Melissa Haizlip, Sam Pollard
- Writer
- Melissa Haizlip
- Director of Photography
- Hans Charles
- Original Music Composer
- Robert Glasper
- Editor
- Blair McClendon, Giovanni P. Autran, Annukka Lilja
- Producer
- Melissa Haizlip
Details
- Release date
- 2018-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Independent Lens, Black Public Media, Ford Foundation / JustFilms, ITVS, Shoes in the Bed Productions