Sun Ra: Space Is the Place

Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space Is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an ...more

Science fiction, blaxploitation, and musical elements combine in the entertaining and enlightening Space Is the Place. Like the 1972 album of the same name, this film features jazz legend Sun Ra playing around on the space organ along with June Tyson's vocal chants to create the band's unique African percussion-filled jazz improvisations. While the concert performances alone are well-documented, the strange nonlinear story is both compelling and hilarious. It's like a head movie for Black ...more