Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (2025)
Sunday Best
In the earliest days of television, when the rules were still being written, one man dared to break them.
90 min
Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.
- Release date
- June 11, 2023
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Ryan Bullet Shields
Where to watch
Subscription
Netflix
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Cast
- Ed Sullivan as Self (archive footage)
- Harry Belafonte as Self - Singer, Actor & Civil Rights Leader
- Dionne Warwick as Self - Singer
- Berry Gordy as Self - Founder of Motown Records
- Jackie Jackson as Self - Jackson 5
- Tito Jackson as Self - Jackson 5
- Smokey Robinson as Self - Motown Legend
- Otis Williams as Self - Founder, Lead Singer of The Temptations
- Ray Charles as Self (archive footage)
- Billy Preston as Self (archive footage)
- Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
- Elvis Presley as Self (archive footage)
- John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage)
- George Harrison as Self (archive footage)
- Ringo Starr as Self (archive footage)
- James Brown as Self (archive footage)
- Ike Turner as Self (archive footage)
- Tina Turner as Self (archive footage)
- Stevie Wonder as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)
- Jackie Wilson as Self (archive footage)
- Bo Diddley as Self (archive footage)
- Diana Ross as Self (archive footage)
- Jermaine Jackson as Self (archive footage)
- Gladys Knight as Self (archive footage)
- Nat 'King' Cole as Self (archive footage)
- Mahalia Jackson as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Ed Sullivan · Archive footage
- Peter Sullivan · Archive footage
- Sylvia Sullivan · Archive footage
- Sacha Jenkins · Director
- Chris Leggett · Producer
- Rafael Marmor · Producer
- Mark Monroe · Producer
- Margo Precht Speciale · Producer
- Ryan Bullet Shields · Composer
- Billy McMillin · Editor