Overview
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 as Self (archive footage)
- Sidney Poitier as Self (archive footage)
- Blair Underwood as Ellis Haizlip (voice)
- Harry Belafonte as Self
- Patti LaBelle as Self (archive footage)
- Stevie Wonder as Self (archive footage)
- Gladys Knight as Self (archive footage)
- Questlove as Self
- Novella Nelson as Self
- Maya Angelou as Self (archive footage)