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From left, the author George Cain, the author Toni Morrison and Haizlip on the show’s set. Credit: Chester Higgins
WATCH:
TO
MELISSA HAIZLIP
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR, MR. SOUL!
JUNE 6, 2022
MR. SOUL! at THE CAPA SPACE
FREE SCREENING, JUNE 10, 2022
Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY
WATCH: FILM AT LACMA PRESENTS:
MR. SOUL! IN CONVERSATION
As Featured in the
BLACK JOY & RESILIENCE FILM SERIES
A Curated Film Series Accompanying the
OBAMA PORTRAITS TOUR
FEATURING
Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® winner &
Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Harvard Associate Professor, “The Vision and Justice Project” Founder Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Poet & Activist Nikki Giovanni
Producer / Director / Writer Melissa Haizlip
Special Guest Moderator, Arizona State University Foundation Professor of English and Founding Director of Project Humanities
Neal A. Lester, PhD
WATCH: GREENLIGHT WOMEN and HBO Max PRESENT:
AN INSIDE LOOK: Mr. SOUL!
FROM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2021
2021 GreenLight Women Filmmaker Award Presentation
Honoring
Producer / Director / Writer Melissa Haizlip
Introduction by Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® winner &
Executive Producer Blair Underwood
FEATURING
Actress Anna Maria Horsford
Singer-Songwriter & 5x Grammy® winner Lalah Hathaway
Executive Producer Chaz Ebert
Emmy® Winner & Consulting Producer Laurens Grant
Cast Member & NAACP Image Award winner Thomas Allen Harris
Special Guest Moderator BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® founder / DJ
Beverly Bond
Warner Media Senior Vice President Equity + Inclusion Karen Horne
Special Appearance by Grammy® Award winner Robert “Kool” Bell from Kool & The Gang
WATCH “THE STORY OF LATE NIGHT”
FEATURING SOUL!, ELLIS HAIZLIP & MELISSA HAIZLIP
SUNDAY NIGHTS STARTING MAY 9TH, 2021 9PM ET / PT ON CNN
Watch Robert Glasper & Lalah Hathaway Talk “Show Me Your Soul”
With Special Guest: COMMON
From Tuesday, March 9, 2021
FEATURING
Composer & Grammy® winner Robert Glasper
Singer-Songwriter & Grammy® winner Lalah Hathaway
Singer-Songwriter Muhammad Ayers
Producer / Director / Songwriter Melissa Haizlip
Moderated by Award-winning Composer & Songwriter Kathryn Bostic
Robert Glasper & Lalah Hathaway at the Tribeca Film Festival Premiere of Mr. SOUL!
Watch An Evening with Mr. SOUL! at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Virtual Screening & Conversation
Presented by Run&Shoot Filmworks Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival / Color of Conversation Film Festival
From Thursday, February 18, 2021
FEATURING
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Rock Hall Chief Curator and Vice President Nwaka Onwusa
Legendary Songstress and Grammy® Winner Patti LaBelle
Rock Hall Inductee, Earth Wind & Fire Grammy® Winner Verdine White
Introduction by Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® Winner & Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Moderated by Run & Shoot Filmworks / Martha’s Vineyard AA Film Festival founder Stephanie Rance
Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway Talk
“Show Me Your Soul”
Top 15 Contender Pick For Best Original Song
from the Mr. SOUL! Soundtrack
FEATURING
Composer & Grammy® winner Robert Glasper
Singer-Songwriter & Grammy® winner Lalah Hathaway
Singer-Songwriter Muhammad Ayers
Producer / Director / Songwriter Melissa Haizlip
Moderated by
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chief Curator/ Vice President Nwaka Onwusa
A Conversation with Mr. SOUL! and Janet Maslin
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center
Friday, January 29
with Director Melissa Haizlip
and New York Times film and literary critic Janet Maslin
LINK COMING SOON
Watch the Virtual Q&A
The Women of Mr. SOUL!
Presented by the Black Documentary Collective
From Saturday, January 30
FEATURING
Mr. SOUL!’s Black Women Creative Team
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Executive Producer Chaz Ebert
Consulting Producer Laurens Grant
Moderated by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
LINK COMING SOON
Watch the Virtual Q&A
From Sunday, January 31
FEATURING
Producer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Academy® Award-winning Co-Producer Doug Blush
Moderated by Noland Walker
LINK COMING SOON
Watch Mr. SOUL! Virtual Q&A with Film Club at MoAD
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
from January 10, 2021
FEATURING
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Special Guest Moderator and Co-director of California Newsreel /
MoAD Film Series Curator Cornelius Moore
LINK COMING SOON
Watch Mr. SOUL! Virtual Q&A
following the Holiday Watch Party hosted by The Museum of Tolerance
from December 29, 2020
FEATURING
Special Guest Moderator: Harvard Associate Professor,
“The Vision and Justice Project” Founder Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Poet & Activist Nikki Giovanni
Mr. SOUL! Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Introduction by Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® Winner & Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Mr. SOUL! Co-Producer / Academy® Award-winning Editor Doug Blush
(L TO R) TOP: Blair Underwood, Melissa Haizlip. CENTER: Sarah Elizabeth Lewis. BOTTOM: Doug Blush, Nikki Giovanni.
Coming soon: Link to watch Mr. SOUL! Q&A with AKA
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - Epsilon Gamma Omega (EGO) Chapter
From Saturday, December 12, 2020
With Producer / Director / Writer Melissa Haizlip in conversation with the
AKA EGO Chapter of Huntsville, AL
Watch Film Independent Presents: Mr. SOUL! Virtual Q&A
From Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Lena Waithe (Emmy Award-winning Writer, Producer, Creator and Actor) moderated
Film Independent Presents: Mr. SOUL!
A special, live, virtual Members-Only Q&A following the #FiPresents Mr. SOUL! 2-day free Members-Only screening of Mr. SOUL!
(L TO R) TOP: Blair Underwood, Melissa Haizlip. CENTER: Lena Waithe. BOTTOM: Nikki Giovanni, Robert Glasper.
Special Guest Moderator Lena Waithe
Emmy® Award-winning Writer, Producer, Creator and Actor
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® Winner & Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Poet & Activist Nikki Giovanni
Composer & Grammy® winner Robert Glasper
Watch Celebrating the Women of SOUL! Virtual Q&A
Hosted by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
From Wednesday, October 7, 2020
(L TO R) TOP: Mishell Ndegeocello, Deborah Willis, Melissa Haizlip. MIDDLE: Labelle featuring Nona Hendryx, Patti Labelle and Sarah Dash, Dr. Loretta Long. BOTTOM: Nona Hendryx, Leslie M. Demus.
FEATURING
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
10-Time Grammy® Nominee / Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello
LaBelle Original Member / Singer-songwriter Nona Hendryx
LaBelle Original Member / Singer and Actress Sarah Dash
SOUL! Original Co-Host / Actress “Susan” from Sesame Street Dr. Loretta Long
SOUL! Original Production Secretary Leslie M. Demus
Moderated by Curator of Photography / Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Deborah Willis
Watch the Jacob Burns Film Center x Mr. SOUL! Remix
Virtual Q&A From Thursday, September 24, 2020
FEATURING
Jacob Burns Film Center Board Member and Mr. SOUL! Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Jacob Burns Film Center Board Chairman Emeritus Hugh Price
Watch the "Mr. SOUL! Premiere Kickback"
From Sunday, August 30, 2020
Amanda Seales (Comedian, “Insecure” Actress & Creator, “Smart Funny & Black”) guest hosted the
Mr. SOUL! Premiere Kickback
A rare, special, live, virtual talkback celebrating the film's Opening Weekend and the March On Washington
(L TO R) TOP: BLAIR UNDERWOOD, AMANDA SEALES (Photo Credit Elton Anderson, Jr.), MELISSA HAIZLIP. MIDDLE: LALAH HATHAWAY, NIKKI GIOVANNI. BOTTOM ROW: STAN LATHAN, BLACK IVORY, ROBERT GLASPER, THE LAST POETS FEATURING FELIPE LUCIANO,, SONIA SANCHEZ. Courtesy of Shoes in the Bed Productions
FEATURING
Guest Host Amanda Seales
Comedian, “Insecure” Actress and Creator, “Smart Funny & Black”
Producer / Writer / Director Melissa Haizlip
Grammy® and Daytime Emmy® Winner & Executive Producer Blair Underwood
Emmy® Winner Director & Executive Producer Stan Lathan
Poet & Activist Nikki Giovanni
Poet & Professor Sonia Sanchez
Composer & Grammy® Winner Robert Glasper
Singer & Grammy® Winner Lalah Hathaway
R&B Singing Group Black Ivory
Poet & Activist Felipe Luciano
Poets & Activists The Last Poets
Special Appearance by Grammy® and Academy® Award Winner Common
Questlove
Stan Lathan