MUSE Platinum

2022

I Was a Soul Train Dancer S3

Entrant Company

BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom/CBS

Category

Video - Entertainment

Client's Name

Country / Region

United States

Few television series were as innovative and influential as Soul Train the longest-running syndicated show in television history airing from 1971 until 2006. Everyone Saturday morning host Don Cornelius and the iconic soul train dancers burst through our tv set with a style and a groove that shifted the aesthetics and defined what black beauty, fashion, and dance looked like in America. Generations of kids grew up watching the soul train dancers throwdown on the dance floor they were recognizable faces, but we never knew their names or their stories until now.

“I was a soul train dancer” is a mini-docs series that profiles some of the most recognizable and memorable soul train dancers from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s. Who take us back down the soul train line sharing behind-the-scenes details as they reflect on their time dancing on the hippest train in America .

Credits

Executive Producer/Director- BET Digital
Timiza Sanyika
Lead Editor
Per Olin
Graphic illustrator/Animation
Lanny Wilson
Director of Photography
Reggie Brumfield
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