Sun Ra - Space is the Place

USA 1974, 82 minutes
Dir. John Coney
Rating: [M]
Genres: Cult, Music, Science Fiction / Jazz & Blues

Aroview: Mind-straining curiosity has freaky jazz bandleader Sun Ra and his "Intergalactic Solar Arkestra" landing on Earth in a yellow spaceship and trying to lead alienated black youth in the Oakland ghetto to meet their political destiny in outer space.

Blending wondrous electric-jazz workouts, Godzilla sci-fi, Black Panther militants and quasi-Egyptian mythology makes for a rare dish which will satisfy those with an adventurous audiovisual palette.

This DVD edition includes the complete cut of the film along with excerpts from Sun Ra's equally exotic home movies.