AMERICAN SOUL CREATIVE MARKETING CONCEPTS 10.24.18 AMERICAN SOUL ABOUT THE SHOW American Soul is the story about the struggle to make the dream of Soul Train come true. Set in the early 70’s, filled with music, dance, fashion and glamour, this is the untold story of the launch of the first nationally syndicated Black music show and what happened when the music stops. Battles with record labels for top talent, off-camera drama as young dancers vie for the spotlight, stand in the way of a 30-something Don Cornelius who is sacrificing all that he loves to follow his dream. The journeys of these characters collide in a racially charged LA with the odds stacked against them. All they have is each other and the magic of Soul Train. 2 AMERICAN SOUL AMERICAN SOUL AMERICAN SOUL AMERICAN SOUL THEAMERICAN CAST SOUL AMERICAN SOUL THE CAST AND CHARACTERSTE CAST TEST CAT AN CAACTERS TE CAST TES DON1.) SINQUA CORNELIUS WALLS as on ornelius TESSA3.) IANTHA GEORGE RICHARDSON as essa George KENDALL5.) 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