Mr. Soul!, the award-winning documentary about the public television variety show Soul!, is coming to HBO Max August 1st, and the streaming service has released a trailer for the film that captures ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Host/Producer/Creator of the television show SOUL!, Ellis Haizlip takes ...

Executive Producers Chaz Ebert, record executive and film producer Ron Gillyard, producer and director Stan Lathan, Hillman Grad Productions producing partner Rishi Rajani, Run&Shoot Filmworks CEO ...

Just past the halfway point in the documentary Mr. Soul!, poet Felipe Luciano calls Ellis Haizlip “the most effective, insidious revolutionary that I have ever met.” It isn’t meant as a specific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1970, Gil Scott-Heron recorded his famous poem-song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." But that anthemic line, as forceful ...

Long before Oprah and Arsenio hit the airwaves, Ellis Haizlip hosted Soul!, a pioneering New York variety show that showcased musicians, activists and actors at the height of the Black Power and Civil ...

llis Haizlip was never one to miss a beat, and Mr. Soul! is right on time. Innovative, political, and openly gay before Stonewall, Haizlip was America’s first Black nighttime talk show host. Before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Soul!" was one of the first all-Black television talk shows that celebrated and highlighted the positive side of the Black ...

The award-winning documentary about the public television variety show considered the “Black Tonight Show” will start streaming on HBO Max Aug. 1. On Thursday, the fast-growing streaming service ...

A documentary resurrects the magic of “Soul!,” a boundary-pushing public television show that celebrated the rich diversity of Black culture in the ’60s and ’70s. By Devika Girish When you purchase a ...

Ellis Haizlip, the creator and unlikely host of "Soul!," is at the heart of a singular and captivating documentary. Courtesy of Shoes in the Bed Productions In 1970, Gil Scott-Heron recorded his ...