Mr. SOUL! (2018)
April 27, 2018Release Date
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
April 27, 2018Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Ellis Haizlip
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Blair Underwood
Voice of Ellis Haizlip / Executive Producer
Michael Jackson
Self
Harry Belafonte
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll
Self
Obba Babatundé
Self
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
Self
Gladys Knight
Self (archive footage)
Questlove
Self
Anna Maria Horsford
Self
Roxie Roker
Self
Novella Nelson
Self
Maya Angelou
Self (archive footage)
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self
Stan Lathan
Self
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Carmen De Lavallade
Self
Al Green
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Felipe Luciano
Self
Media.
Details.
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.