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Space Is the Place (1974)Sun Ra--space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--land his spaceship in Oakland... See full summary » Director:John Coney |
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Space Is the Place (1974)Sun Ra--space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--land his spaceship in Oakland... See full summary » Director:John Coney |
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Barbara Deloney | ... |
Candy
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Sun Ra | ... |
Himself
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Raymond Johnson | ... |
The Overseer
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Erika Leder | ... |
Tania
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Christopher Brooks | ... |
Jimmy Fey
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La Shaa Stallings | ... |
Bertha
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Sinthia Ayala | ... |
Chili Pepper
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Clarence Brewer | ... |
Bernard
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June Tyson | ... |
Arkestra member
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Morgan Upton | ... |
Agent #2
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Walter Burns | ... |
Agent #1
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Tiny Parker | ... |
Tiny
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Sam Bankhead | ... |
Sam
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John Gilmore | ... |
Arkestra member
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Marshall Allen | ... |
Arkestra member
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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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