Avant-jazz mystic Sun Ra brought his pioneering Afrofuturist vision to the screen with this film version of his concept album. It’s a wild, kaleidoscopic whirl of science fiction, sharp social commentary, goofy pseudo-blaxploitation stylistics, and thrilling concert performance, in which the pharaonic Ra and his Arkestra lead an intergalactic movement to resettle the Black race on their utopian space colony.
Space is the Place
Thursday, Aug 15
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This film is part of the Sounds of Summer series.
This series is sponsored by:
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Space is the Place
1974. 82 m. John Coney. Janus Films. US. English. Rated R.
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
This film is part of the Sounds of Summer series.
This series is sponsored by:
The Lucille & Paul Maslin Foundation
Janet Maslin
Exclusive media partner:
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