Space Is the Place (1974)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Barbara Deloney	...	Candy
	Sun Ra	...	Himself
	Raymond Johnson	...	The Overseer (as Ray Johnson)
	Erika Leder	...	Tania
	Christopher Brooks	...	Jimmy Fey
	La Shaa Stallings	...	Bertha
	Sinthia Ayala	...	Chili Pepper
	Clarence Brewer	...	Bernard
	June Tyson	...	Arkestra member
	Morgan Upton	...	Agent #2
	Walter Burns	...	Agent #1
	Tiny Parker	...	Tiny
	Sam Bankhead	...	Sam
	John Gilmore	...	Arkestra member
	Marshall Allen	...	Arkestra member

Storyline

Sun Ra--space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--land his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. With Black Power on the rise, Ra disembarks and proclaims himself "the alter-destiny." He holds a myth-vs reality rap session with vblack inner-city youth at a rec center, threatening "to chain you up and take you with me, like they did you in Africa" if they resist his mplea to go to outer space. He duels at cards with The Overseer, a satanic overlord, with the fate of the black race at stake. Ra wins the right to a world concert, which features great performance footage of the Arkestra. Agents sent by the Overseer attempt to assassinate Ra, but he vanishes, rescues his people, and departs in his spaceship from the exploding planet Earth. Written by Jim Newman <jnew@sirius.com>  

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