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Mr. SOUL! wins the Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship Award

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Happy to announce that Mr. SOUL! The Movie, the story of Ellis Haizlip... host of the first black tonight show SOUL! on PBS, was awarded the 2013 Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship award. It was…Continue

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Mr. SOUL! wins the Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship Award

Happy to announce that Mr. SOUL! The Movie, the story of Ellis Haizlip... host of the first black tonight show SOUL! on PBS, was awarded the 2013 Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship award. It was presented to us at the Independent Spirit Awards last Saturday. This is a remarkable honor for a film that is still in development. Mr. SOUL! The Movie, explores how one fearless man changed the scope of television by birthing diversity on a medium that simply discouraged what was once relevant, yet today…See More
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Mr. SOUL! and the Birth of Black Power TV

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! From 1968 to 1973, America got SOUL! -- the first "black Tonight Show" -- a groundbreaking PBS television series called SOUL! produced and hosted by Ellis Haizlip. The show was both entertaining and revolutionary, while launching the careers of many of the African American icons of…See More
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White Wash - Official Trailer

White Wash, the documentary, is a film that I produced exploring the complexity of race in America through the eyes of the ocean. It is narrated by the Grammy Award winning musician Ben Harper and originally scored by the hip hop group the Roots…
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Mr. SOUL! and the Birth of Black Power TV

Posted on September 30, 2012 at 5:28pm 0 Comments

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! 

From 1968 to 1973, America got SOUL! -- the first "black Tonight Show" -- a groundbreaking PBS television series called SOUL! produced and hosted by Ellis Haizlip. The show was both entertaining and revolutionary, while launching the careers of…

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