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📺 Series

Soul!

📅 1968 ⭐ 8.8 US US

Soul! or SOUL! (1968–1973) was a pioneering performance/variety television program in the late 1960s and early 1970s produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET. It showcased African American music, dance and literature. The program was created and often hosted by Ellis Haizlip, an openly gay African American closely associated with the Black Arts Movement. Poet Nikki Giovanni was also a frequent host. Among the musical performers who appeared on the show were Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire, the Dells, Labelle, Ashford and Simpson, Al Green, Tito Puente, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, and Gladys Knight, as well as African performers Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. Others who appeared on the program included boxer Muhammad Ali, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, minister (later politician) Jesse Jackson, actor / singer Harry Belafonte, actor Sidney Poitier, and Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Cleaver.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 - 1968 2 episodes
E1
September 12, 1968 (Premiere episode) 1968-09-12
E2
September 26, 1968 (second episode) 1968-09-26
Season 2 - 1969 1 episode
E1
January 2, 1969 1969-01-12
Season 3 - 1970 0 episodes
No episodes added yet.
Season 4 - 1971 3 episodes
E34
Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (Part 1) 1971-12-15
E35
Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (Part 2) 1971-12-15
E36
December 29, 1971 1971-12-29
Season 5 - 1972 9 episodes
E1
January 5, 1972 1972-01-05
E2
January 12, 1972 1972-01-12
E3
January 19, 1972 1972-01-19
E4
January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show" 1972-01-26
E5
February 2, 1972 1972-02-02
E6
February 9, 1972 1972-02-09
E7
February 16, 1972 1972-11-16
E14
October 4, 1972 1972-10-04
E25
December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove" 1972-12-20
Season 6 - 1973 8 episodes
E1
January 3, 1973 1973-01-03
E2
January 10, 1973 1973-01-10
E3
January 17, 1973 1973-01-17
E4
February 7, 1973 1973-02-07
E5
February 14, 1973 1973-02-14
E6
February 21, 1973 1973-02-21
E7
February 28, 1973 1973-02-28
E8
March 7, 1973 (the last episode) 1973-03-07
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