Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2025 · Movie · PG-13 · 87 min · ★ 6.1
This documentary explores how a pioneering TV host used a hugely popular Sunday night show to give Black performers a national platform during a deeply unequal era. Through interviews and archival clips, it highlights a legacy of fairness, cultural change, and the power of entertainment to open doors.
Also known as Sunday Best
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2023-06-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (7 votes)
About
If you like uplifting music-history documentaries with a strong social angle, this may land well for you, especially if Sidney or Fresh Dressed worked for you; Not for you if you want a full cradle-to-grave biography.
Pros: inspiring historical focus; moving archival performances; brisk and engaging | Cons: narrow scope; shallow at times; audio issues reported
Cast & crew
Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
as Self
Dionne Warwick
as Self
Berry Gordy
as Self
Jackie Jackson
as Self
Tito Jackson
as Self
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Otis Williams
as Self
Ray Charles
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Preston
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Sacha Jenkins