American Soul (Seasons 1–2)

"American Soul" (2019) is a US biographical drama you can watch online on iFILM — the story of Don Cornelius, the Chicago entrepreneur who turned a local dance program into a force that reshaped popular music across America.

Cornelius launched Soul Train in 1971, giving soul, R&B and early hip-hop a national platform the major networks had no interest in providing. Jason Dirden plays him across the full arc — visionary, calculating, increasingly isolated as the show's success compounds his personal contradictions. Directed by Angela Barnes Gomes, the series stays close to the human cost rather than just the cultural triumph.

Less a victory lap than a complicated portrait of a man who gave others a stage while losing himself offstage. Stream all episodes of "American Soul" online on iFILM.