Mr. Soul! - Production & Contact Info

Mr. Soul! (2018)
104 min | Documentary

Mr. Soul! (2018)

104 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreBefore 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 politics--voices that had few other options for national exposure, and, as a result, found the program an improbable place to call home. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and violence to the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement. With participants' recollections and illuminating archival clips, Mr. SOUL captures a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate, and an unsung hero whose voice we need now more than ever, to restore the SOUL of a nation. Written by Melissa Haizlip See less

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60 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)
Blair Underwood Narration (voice) Narration (voice) See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)
Sidney Poitier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Diahann Carroll Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Julia (1968)
Obba Babatundé Self Self See fewer	Life (I) (1999)
Anna Maria Horsford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Arsenio Hall Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Harry Belafonte Self Self See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Stevie Wonder Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wild Wild West (1999)
Roxie Roker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jeffersons (1975)
Gladys Knight Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Patti LaBelle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Miami Vice (2006)
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Questlove Self (as Questlove Gomez) Self (as Questlove Gomez) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Melba Moore Self Self See fewer	All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Stan Lathan Self Self See fewer	Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013)
Maya Angelou Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
Bill Withers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bodyguard (1992)
Novella Nelson Self Self See fewer	The Devil's Advocate (1997)
B.B. King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
James Baldwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Al Green Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Scrooged (1988)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Carmen De Lavallade Self Self See fewer	Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Angela Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Untitled Angela Davis Project
Loretta Long Self Self See fewer	Follow That Bird (1985)
Earth Wind & Fire Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Ready Player One (2018)
Donny Hathaway Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Alvin Ailey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Turning Point (1977)
Judith Jamison Self Self See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Sarah Dash Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Robert J. Thompson Self - Professor and TV Historian Syracuse University Self - Professor and TV Historian Syracuse University See fewer	Up Front Tonight (1998)
Kathleen Cleaver Self Self See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Amiri Baraka Self Self See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Nona Hendryx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Hugh Masekela Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Thomas Allen Harris Self Self See fewer	That's My Face (2001)
Felipe Luciano Self Self See fewer	It Could Happen to You (1994)
Ashford & Simpson Themselves Themselves See fewer	The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Alvin F. Poussaint Self Self See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Greg Tate Self Self See fewer	Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
Sonia Sanchez Self Self See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Nikki Giovanni Self Self See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Ellis Haizlip Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Watch Your Mouth (1978)
Billy Taylor Self Self See fewer	Mr. Church (2016)
Stuart Bascombe Self Self See fewer	Soul! (1968)
George Faison Self Self See fewer	The Baron (1977)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Licorice Pizza (2021)
Louis J. Massiah Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Leroy Burgess Self Self See fewer	Monster (V) (2014)
The Last Poets Themselves Themselves See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
Sade Lythcott Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Sarah Lewis Self Self See fewer	Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Kevin Powell Self Self See fewer	Hip-Hop Evolution (2016)
Russell Patterson Self Self See fewer	30 Years Behind the Mic: Maurice the VOICE Watts (2013)
Sylvia Waters Self Self See fewer	Heart Strings (I) (2024)
Chester Higgins Jr. Self (as Chester Higgins Jr) Self (as Chester Higgins Jr) See fewer	The Great Egyptians (1998)
Christopher Lukas Self Self See fewer	The Antibody (2012)