HBO Max Is Bringing You a Bit of Soul—Mr. Soul, That Is
So, we already featured the trailer last year and if you were counting down the days until you can watch Mr. Soul! in your own home, you’re in luck! The award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary will be launching on HBO Max on Aug. 1.
As a reminder or in case you missed it, Mr. Soul!, directed by Melissa Haizlip, chronicles her uncle Ellis Haizlip, host of the first national Black variety show which was aptly named Soul! and aired on PBS. The film features greats such as Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, Cicely Tyson, Harry Belafonte, Muhammad Ali, The Last Poets, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sidney Poitier, Mavis Staples, Black Ivory, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Maya Angelou, Billy Preston, Toni Morrison, Bill Withers, Sonia Sanchez, Wilson Pickett, Kool & the Gang, Roberta Flack, Kathleen Cleaver, Amiri Baraka, Carmen de Lavallade, George Faison, Melba Moore, Max Roach, and even a 16-year-old Arsenio Hall. Black History, personified.
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