Melissa Haizlip’s new documentary Mr. SOUL!, is a love letter to her uncle Ellis Haizlip, and “SOUL!”, the ground-breaking television program that he created and hosted. The film is chock-full of priceless archival footage from the show’s five-year run beginning in 1968. A who’s who of the top African-American entertainers of the time. It’s available to view on HBO Max beginning on August 22nd.
Melissa Haizlip’s new documentary Mr. SOUL!, is a love letter to her uncle Ellis Haizlip, and “SOUL!”, the ground-breaking television program that he created and hosted. The film is chock-full of priceless archival footage from the show’s five-year run beginning in 1968. A who’s who of the top African-American entertainers of the time. It’s available to view on HBO Max beginning on August 22nd.
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