The film tells the story of Ellis Haizlip, the producer and host of SOUL!, the music-and-talk program that aired on public television from 1968 to 1973 and aimed at a Black audience.

[1][2][3][4] In March 2021, it was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences that “Show Me Your Soul” was on the 93rd Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song.

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

The film interweaves archival footage with rare performances and interviews from the SOUL!

a Black women-led crew working behind-the-scenes[9] including Harry Belafonte, Nikki Giovanni, The Last Poets, Ashford & Simpson, Black Ivory, Sonia Sanchez, Carmen De Lavallade, Felipe Luciano, and Ronald Bell of Kool & the Gang.

gave exposure to popular stars like Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett, Al Green and Earth, Wind & Fire and underground artists, including McCoy Tyner and the saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and authors like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, and activists including Kathleen Cleaver of the Black Panther Party and Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).

[10] The words of Ellis Haizlip are taken from interviews, news articles, correspondence and journal entries between 1968 and 1973.

Ellis Haizlip's words are voiced by the actor Blair Underwood, who also serves as an executive producer on the film.

is neither to educate nor entertain, but to give people a chance to share in the Black experience.

aims an overdue spotlight on a groundbreaking chapter in the history of American public television – and the host who helped make it all happen.

"[20] "Show Me Your Soul" is the end title song by Grammy Award winners Lalah Hathaway and Robert Glasper.