Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.
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A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.
Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a
Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn some time ago. The best accounts agree that he emerged on Earth as Herman Blount, born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, although Sun Ra himself always denied that Blount was his surnam
The never-before-seen in its entirety, visual documentation proving this avant-garde collaboration of mythic proportions did indeed occur. Recorded at Sideshows by the Seashore along the Coney Island boardwalk on June 8t
A three-part animated feature film on themes from ancient Egyptian art and mythology.
Between segregation and cosmic revelation, The Magic City traces the birth of Sun Ra, where a city becomes myth and a man, a galaxy.
This video captures innovative jazz composer, bandleader and pianist/synthesizer player Sun Ra's two live concert performances in East Berlin in 1986. Claiming that he was of the "Angel Race" and not from Earth but rathe
From Black queer disabled writer and artist Naima Lowe, who creates films, performances and texts using improvisational and collaborative strategies rooted in the alchemic survival practices known as Black cultural produ
A short experimental film.
A son the day before his prom struggling to find the right time to tell his "man's man" of a father he is gay. A father struggling to tell his son that his mother is dying of Sickle Cell Anemia. Is their love strong enou
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financ
A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge
In Sicily, a young woman is awakened to her previously unexplored sexuality with the help of traveller passing through.
At 24 years old, Manny sets foot in the United States for the first time. This short story recounts a pivotal moment when Manny walked into Wildcard Boxing Gym and met legendary trainer Freddie Roach. It marks the beginn
A story of love, sex and destiny. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo is kidnapped. A female spirit is with Kieri as he searches for
Zachary Blasto, a hard-drinking, talented songwriter and performer, envisions madcap musical fantasies in order to avoid dealing with the downward spiral of his personal life.
A raw and unfiltered look into the making of SUN, an 11-track greatest hits record by Sammy Rae & The Friends recorded over two days at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, TN.
To fight an evil organization the United Nations has formed Sun Rangers, a team of three brave warriors.
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financ