The Soul Pole has stood tall outside The Seattle Public Library’s Douglass-Truth Branch for almost 50 years. Now, the 21-foot tall artwork – which the Black Heritage Society of Washington State has called a “beacon of Black pride” in the Central District – is starring in a short documentary produced by Seattle’s Converge Media.

In the 10-minute film titled “The Legacy of the Soul Pole,” Converge Media, a leading producer of culturally relevant content in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest, follows the Soul Pole over the one-year period from April 2021, when the artwork was deinstalled from its historic spot at 23rd and Yesler Way in Seattle’s Central District, because of concerns over deterioration, to April 2022, when the Soul Pole was reinstalled after successfully undergoing conservation work.