Mr. SOUL!

Sam Pollard
2018-04-27

Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...
7
90 min

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

Name Character Team
Ellis Haizlip Self (archive footage) Unowned
Sidney Poitier Self (archive footage) Unowned
Blair Underwood Ellis Haizlip (voice) Unowned
Harry Belafonte Self Unowned
Patti LaBelle Self (archive footage) Unowned
Stevie Wonder Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gladys Knight Self (archive footage) Unowned
Questlove Self Unowned
Novella Nelson Self Unowned
Maya Angelou Self (archive footage) Unowned
Bill Withers Self (archive footage) Unowned
Stan Lathan Self Unowned
James Baldwin Self (archive footage) Unowned
Carmen De Lavallade Self Unowned
Al Green Self (archive footage) Unowned
Kathleen Cleaver Self Unowned
Felipe Luciano Self Unowned
Nikki Giovanni Self Unowned