Mr. SOUL!
Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...
90 mins
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!
Ellis Haizlip
Self (archive footage)
Nikki Giovanni
Self
Giovanni P. Autran
Editor
Annukka Lilja
Editor
Ed Gerrard
Music Supervisor
Laurens Grant
Consulting Producer
Leonard Joseph
Associate Producer
