Melissa is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York whose current film, Mr. SOUL!, to date has received 33 nominations and won 19 awards including 14 Film Festival Awards.
Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Ellis Haizlip ensures the Revolution will be televised with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjBgVwbCw4">SOUL!</a>, America&#39;s first &quot;Black Tonight Show.
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12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices" hosted by Daron Jenkins.