A documentary chronicling the pioneering television show Soul! will make its broadcast debut in February on Independent Lens, telling the story of a profoundly influential but short-lived public television series.
Mr. Soul!, a documentary nearly 10 years in the making, dives into the history of a variety show that brought Black artists and cultural figures to the emerging medium of public television. The documentary also profiles the show’s creator and longest-serving host, Ellis Haizlip.
During its five-year run, Soul! became “one of the most successfully and culturally significant Black-produced television shows in television history because … it provided expanded images of African Americans and shifted that white gaze away to the vibrancy of the Black arts movement,” said Melissa Haizlip, the film’s creator and Ellis Haizlip’s niece.
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