Before there was Oprah,there was EllisHaizlip. From 1968 to 1973, Haizlip hosted the public-television variety reveal SOUL!, or which celebrated black arts and politics in a time when broadcast media was nearly entirely white. Haizlip's daughter,filmmaker Melissa Haizlip, pulls from archival footage and interviews in her new documentaryMr. SOUL! to examines the story of her father, or America's first black TV host. Mr. SOUL! is featured in the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It will play on April 22 at 8 pm at the Tribeca Festival Hub,on Monday 23 at 5:45 pm at the Regal Cinemas Battery Park, on Wednesday at 9:15 pm at the Cinépolis Chelsea and on April 26 at 6:30 pm at Regal Cinemas Battery Park.
This segment is guest hosted by Alison Stewart.
Source: wnyc.org