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MR. SOUL!

MONDAY, MARCH 29 @ 11:00PM

Premiering in 1968, SOUL! was the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, merging artists from the margins with post-Civil Rights Black radical thought. Mr. SOUL! delves into this critical moment in television history, as well as profiling Ellis Haizlip, the man who guided it, through participants’ recollections and archival footage, highlighting a turning point in representation whose impact continues to resonate to this day. (90 Minutes)

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