Todays guest deejay is Melissa Haizlip, film producer, director, and writer most notable for her 2018 award-winning film, Mr. SOUL! The Movie.

Mr. SOUL! The Movie is a documentary about her uncle Ellis Haizlip, the producer and host of SOUL!, a music-and-talk program that aired on public television from 1968 to 1973.

You owe it to yourself to watch Mr. SOUL! The Movie You can stream it on HBO Max. Melissa’s documentary covers five seasons of SOUL! and features archival footage of rare performances and interviews with guests Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, The Last Poets, Harry Belafonte, and many, many more.

To quote Ellis Haizlip, “The primary purpose of Soul! is neither to educate nor entertain, but to give people a chance to share in the Black experience. The show must do that first. Then it can educate and entertain. Soul! makes Blacks visible in a society where they have been largely invisible.”

Today’s interstitial music is “One Cylinder” by Lou Donaldson.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be trumpeter, singer and composer Sarah Wilson.