In the earliest days of television, when the rules were still being written, one man dared to break them.
Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.
Sacha Jenkins
Director
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
Self
Dionne Warwick
Self
Berry Gordy
Self
Jackie Jackson
Self
Tito Jackson
Self
Smokey Robinson
Self
Otis Williams
Self
Ray Charles
Self (archive footage)
The Class of ‘9271%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Sidney70%
The Last Repair Shop74%
Tabloid64%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
David Byrne's American Utopia74%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne78%
Miss Americana78%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
Whitney73%
Being James Bond77%
Maria by Callas73%
Hawking76%
O.J.: Made in America84%
The Greatest Night in Pop78%
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye71%
I Am Not Your Negro77%
