Mr. SOUL!

Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...

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!

Documentary Comedy Music

Ellis Haizlip

(Self (archive footage))

Sidney Poitier

(Self (archive footage))

Blair Underwood

(Voice of Ellis Haizlip)

Harry Belafonte

(Self)

Patti LaBelle

(Self (archive footage))

Stevie Wonder

(Self (archive footage))

Gladys Knight

(Self (archive footage))

Questlove

(Self)

Novella Nelson

(Self)

Maya Angelou

(Self (archive footage))

Bill Withers

(Self (archive footage))

Stan Lathan

(Self)

James Baldwin

(Self (archive footage))

Carmen De Lavallade

(Self)

Al Green

(Self (archive footage))

Kathleen Cleaver

(Self)

Felipe Luciano

(Self)

Nikki Giovanni

(Self)