WATCH
MR. SOUL! IN CONVERSATION:
AS FEATURED IN THE
BLACK JOY & RESILIENCE FILM SERIES
A CURATED FILM SERIES ACCOMPANYING
THE OBAMA PORTRAITS
FILM AT LACMA
FEATURING
NIKKI GIOVANNI BLAIR UNDERWOOD SARAH ELIZABETH LEWIS MELISSA HAIZLIP MODERATED BY DR. NEAL LESTER
Mr. SOUL! IS A
NY TIMES STREAMING PICK
NOW STREAMING
ON HBO Max
2021 OSCARS® SHORTLIST
BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOW STREAMING
EVERYWHERE
“SHOW ME YOUR SOUL”
BY ROBERT GLASPER & LALAH HATHAWAY
IN NINE AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED
MR. SOUL! SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON HILLMAN GRAD RECORDS / DEF JAM RECORDINGS INC. A DIVISION OF UMG RECORDINGS, INC.
WINNER
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS 2021
Mr. SOUL! is now streaming on HBO Max!
WATCH THE STORY OF LATE NIGHT ON CNN - FEATURING SOUL!, ELLIS HAIZLIP, AND MELISSA HAIZLIP
EPISODE 2: “JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT” EPISODE 3: “EYES ON THE THRONE”
Watch the "Mr. SOUL! Premiere Kickback" replay from
Sunday, August 30th, 2020
Amanda Seales (Comedian, “Insecure” Actress and Creator, “Smart Funny & Black”) guest hosted the
“Mr. SOUL! Premiere Kickback"
The special, live virtual talkback honored Chadwick Boseman, celebrated the film's Opening Weekend and the March On Washington
(L TO R) - AMANDA SEALES, Photo Credit Elton Anderson, Jr.; TOP TILE - MELISSA HAIZLIP / BLAIR UNDERWOOD; MIDDLE TILE - STAN LATHAN / NIKKI GIOVANNI; BOTTOM TILE - SONIA SANCHEZ / ROBERT GLASPER / THE LAST POETS / BLACK IVORY - Courtesy of Shoes in the Bed Productions
The event featured:
Guest Host Amanda Seales: Comedian, “Insecure” Actress and Creator, “Smart Funny & Black”
Filmmaker Melissa Haizlip
Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® Winner & Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Emmy® winning Producer / Director Stan Lathan
Poet & Activist Nikki Giovanni
Poet & Professor Sonia Sanchez
Composer & Grammy® winner Robert Glasper
Singer & Grammy® winner Lalah Hathaway
R&B Singing Group Black Ivory
Poet & Activist Felipe Luciano
Poets & Activists The Last Poets
Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL!
ABOUT THE FILM
From 1968 to 1973, the public television variety show SOUL!, guided by the 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.
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CONTACT
NOW STREAMING ON HBO Max!
Mr. SOUL! is also available for educational licensing!
Press Inquiries:
David Magdael & Assocs.
213-399-1434
dmagdael@tcdm-associates.com