Independent Lens

Season 22, Episode 9

Episode Title: Mr. SOUL!

Air Date: 2021-02-22

Overview:

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 the man who guided it, highlighting a turning point in representation whose impact continues to resonate to this day.