Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard’s resonant film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Movie Review: “Mr. Soul!” Was The First Public Television Show To Unapologetically Celebrate Black Culture
Before “Oprah,” before “Arsenio,” there was “Mr. Soul!” 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.