Movie
2018 Documentary
1h 30min
| Country | USA |
In 1968, they asked him to produce the first "black Tonight Show." Instead, he started a revolution by bringing the real black experience to the national stage. Meet Ellis B. Haizlip, the man who changed the color and face of mainstream television; the man behind SOUL! -- one of the most controversial, successful, and socially significant black-produced TV shows in US history.
| Directed by | Melissa Haizlip, Samuel D. Pollard |
| Written by | Melissa Haizlip |
Featuring
Sidney Poitier
Blair Underwood
Gladys Knight
Harry Belafonte
Anna Maria Horsford
Stevie Wonder
Patti LaBelle
Maya Angelou
Stan Lathan
James Baldwin
Bill Withers
Earth Wind & Fire
Novella Nelson
Carmen De Lavallade
Al Green
Loretta Long
Donny Hathaway
Hugh Masekela
Kathleen Cleaver
Ellis Haizlip
Chester Higgins Jr.
Sonia Sanchez
Ashford & Simpson
Felipe Luciano
The Last Poets
Questlove Gomez
Greg Tate
Louis J. Massiah
Nikki Giovanni
Alvin F. Poussaint
Video
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