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02/13/2021
Vegas PBS presents: Mr. SOUL! Screening and Q&A Discussion with local experts about the importance of cultural representation.
Vegas PBS is hosting a free, virtual screening of Mr. SOUL!
From 1968 into 1973, the PBS variety show SOUL!, guided by enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics—voices that had few other options for national exposure and, as a result, found in the program a place to call home. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and violence to the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement. Through participants’ recollections and illuminating archival clips, Mr. SOUL! captures a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate and celebrates an unsung hero whose voice we need now more than ever, to restore the soul of a nation.
After the screening, join local experts for a Q&A discussion about the importance of cultural representation:
Vegas PBS presents: Mr. SOUL! Screening and Q&A Discussion with local experts about the importance of cultural representation.
Vegas PBS is hosting a free, virtual screening of Mr. SOUL!
From 1968 into 1973, the PBS variety show SOUL!, guided by enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics—voices that had few other options for national exposure and, as a result, found in the program a place to call home. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and violence to the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement. Through participants’ recollections and illuminating archival clips, Mr. SOUL! captures a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate and celebrates an unsung hero whose voice we need now more than ever, to restore the soul of a nation.
After the screening, join local experts for a Q&A discussion about the importance of cultural representation:
- Dr. Briana Whiteside - Activist, Author and African American Literature Professor at UNLV
- Allen Etchane Jackson - Spoken Word Artist, Musician and Co-Founder of The Purple Thursday Experience on Next Level Radio
- Nicole D. Ford - Musician, Artist, Promoter of African Drum, Dance and Culture, Co-Owner of Juneteenth365
- Soni Brown - Freelance Journalist focused on sociopolitical news features, food, and travel.
- Lance L. Smith – Multidisciplinary Artist, Illustrator, Teacher and Artist Manager at the Rogers Art Loft.
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