Mr. SOUL! (2018)
April 27, 2018Release Date
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
April 27, 2018Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Mr. SOUL! is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Max Amazon Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Ellis Haizlip
Self (archival footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self
Michael Jackson
Self
Blair Underwood
Narration
Anna Maria Horsford
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self (archival footage)
Diahann Carroll
Self
Sam Pollard
Director
Roxie Roker
Self
Gladys Knight
Self (archival footage)
Obba Babatundé
Self
Questlove
Self
Novella Nelson
Self
Arsenio Hall
Self
Stevie Wonder
Self
Maya Angelou
Self (archival footage)
Harry Belafonte
Self
Bill Withers
Self (archival footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self
Stan Lathan
Self
Melissa Haizlip
Director
James Baldwin
Self (archival footage)
Carmen De Lavallade
Self
Al Green
Self (archival footage)
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Wiki.
Mr. Soul! (stylized as Mr. SOUL!) is a 2018 American documentary film produced, written and directed by documentary filmmaker Melissa Haizlip. The film was co-produced by Doug Blush and co-directed by Sam Pollard. The film tells the story of Ellis Haizlip, the producer and host of SOUL!, the music-and-talk program that aired on public television from 1968 to 1973 and aimed at a Black audience. It was released in 2018 and has since received 21 filmmaking awards. Attorney Chaz Ebert, record executive Ron Gillyard, producer and director Stan Lathan, producer Rishi Rajani, producer Stephanie T. Rance, actor Blair Underwood and screenwriter, producer and actress Lena Waithe are the executive producers of the film.In March 2021, it was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences that “Show Me Your Soul” was on the 93rd Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song.On June 6, 2022 Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman announced that Mr. Soul! won the Peabody Award for Best Documentary.