Soul! was where Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire got funky, where Toni Morrison read from her debut novel, where James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni discussed gender and power, and where Amiri Baraka and Stokely Carmichael enjoyed a sympathetic forum for their radical politics. Broadcast on public television between 1968 and 1973, Soul!, helmed by pioneering producer and frequent host Ellis Haizlip, connected an array of black performers and public figures with a black viewing audience.
In It's Been Beautiful, Gayle Wald tells the story of Soul!, casting this influential but overlooked program as a bold and innovative use of television to represent and critically explore black identity, culture, and feeling during a transitional period in the black freedom struggle.
| ISBN: | 9780822358251 |
| Publication date: | 3rd April 2015 |
| Author: | Gayle Wald |
| Illustrator: | Chester Higgins |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Spin Offs |
| Genres: |
Television Ethnic studies Social and cultural history Music: styles and genres |
Soul! was where Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire got funky, where Toni Morrison read from her debut novel, where James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni discussed gender and power, and where Amiri Baraka and Stokely Carmichael enjoyed a sympathetic forum for their radical politics. Broadcast on public television between 1968 and 1973, Soul!, helmed by pioneering producer and frequent host Ellis Haizlip, connected an array of black performers and public figures with a black viewing audience.
It's Been Beautiful features in the following genres: Television, Ethnic studies, Social and cultural history, Music: styles and genres
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It's Been Beautiful was written by Gayle Wald and published by Duke University Press
It's Been Beautiful has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Spin Offs series