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!
Cast
Ellis Haizlip
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Blair Underwood
Ellis Haizlip (voice)
Harry Belafonte
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Self (archive footage)
Questlove
Self
Novella Nelson
Self
Maya Angelou
Self (archive footage)
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
Self
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Carmen De Lavallade
Self
Al Green
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Felipe Luciano
Self
Nikki Giovanni
Self
Crew
Melissa Haizlip
Director, Writer, Producer
Sam Pollard
Director
Giovanni P. Autran
Editor
Annukka Lilja
Editor
Blair McClendon
Editor
Hans Charles
Director of Photography
Chaz Ebert
Executive Producer
Blair Underwood
Executive Producer
Leonard Joseph
Associate Producer
Douglas Blush
Co-Producer
Robert Glasper
Original Music Composer
Ed Gerrard
Music Supervisor
Laurens Grant
Consulting Producer
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