[1][2] [3][4] Haizlip won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) for Mr.

[5][6][7] On June 6, 2022, Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman announced that Haizlip film Mr.

In 2013, she produced the award-winning short film entitled, "You're Dead To Me" directed by Wu Tsang, about a grieving Chicana mother coming to terms with the loss of her transgender child on Día de los Muertos.

[11][12][13] In 2019, Haizlip, produced and directed a short documentary entitled, "Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop" for the Annenberg Space for Photography as an installation for an exhibit which was based on the 2018 photography book, created and written by Vikki Tobak, an ongoing exhibition series.

The opening night was dedicated to Ellis Haizlip paying homage to his 1972 – 1973 Black Arts festival, aptly named Soul at the Center.

[15][16] On March 22, 2021, Haizlip won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) for the film, Mr.

The film premiered on public television on Independent Lens during Black History Month on February 22, 2021.