Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL!
Release: 2018-04-27
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.0
Documentary
Comedy
Music
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!
Production Companies
Independent Lens
Black Public Media
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
ITVS
Shoes in the Bed Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Blair Underwood
as Ellis Haizlip (voice)
Stevie Wonder
as Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
as Self
Patti LaBelle
as Self (archive footage)
Novella Nelson
as Self
Stan Lathan
as Self
Carmen De Lavallade
as Self
Kathleen Cleaver
as Self
Felipe Luciano
as Self
Sidney Poitier
as Self (archive footage)
Questlove
as Self
James Baldwin
as Self (archive footage)
Al Green
as Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Withers
as Self (archive footage)
