Happening in Harlem: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Screening of 'Mr. Soul'

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On October 6, Reel Sisters will present a screening and conversation on Mr. Soul!. The film was directed by Melissa Haizlip and Sam Pollard.

Before Oprah Winfrey and Arsenio Hall, there was Mr. Soul.

In the aftermath of the civil rights movement, Ellis Haizlip made television broadcast history with SOUL!, America's first "Black Tonight Show." Award-winning filmmaker and author Jamal Joseph, a friend and protégé of Mr. Haizlip, will join the directors for a conversation on Mr. Haizlip's life and legacy.

SOUL! was launched as a local, New York broadcast in 1968. In 1969, the series aired nationwide on PBS's WNET Channel 13. By 1973, Haizlip had produced over 130 hour-long shows featuring an array of A-list guests, live performances and interviews with numerous icons of Black America, such as Al Green, Muhammad Ali, Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, James Baldwin, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ashford and Simpson, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Billy Preston, Black Ivory, The Delfonics, Bill Withers, Nikki Giovanni, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Sonia Sanchez, to name a few.

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