Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
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Cast
- Ellis HaizlipSelf (archive footage)
- Sidney PoitierSelf (archive footage)
- Blair UnderwoodEllis Haizlip (voice)
- Harry BelafonteSelf
- Patti LaBelleSelf (archive footage)
- Stevie WonderSelf (archive footage)
- Gladys KnightSelf (archive footage)
- QuestloveSelf
- Novella NelsonSelf
- Maya AngelouSelf (archive footage)
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- Melissa HaizlipDirector
- Sam PollardDirector
- Melissa HaizlipWriter
- Hans CharlesDirector of Photography
- Robert GlasperOriginal Music Composer
- Giovanni P. AutranEditor
- Annukka LiljaEditor
- Blair McClendonEditor
- Melissa HaizlipProducer
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