George takes us behind the scenes of the long-lived, iconic variety show that brought booty-shaking moves, the pairing of knickerbocker pants with striped socks, and the ballads of Al Green to living rooms across the country. It also takes us into the mind of Don Cornelius, Soul Train’s cooler-than-cool creator, who shaped the show for its entire 35-year run.

Throughout his young adult years in 1970s Brooklyn, George got his Soul Train fix every Saturday at 11 a.m. He and his friends would watch the dance moves in the morning and try them out on the dance floor at a party that night. He remembers thinking that the bright colors on the show and the audacity of the outfits felt so Southern Californian compared to his muted northeast urban landscape.

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