Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place” – In Full

Made in 1972, and released two years later, Space is the Place is the film and manifesto of intergalactic traveller, sage and jazz pianist Sun Ra. He believed himself to be from Saturn, led his Arkestra with stoic discipline and is regarded as the father of an aesthetic movement now known as “afrofuturism”. The film is a fictionalized interpretation of Sun Ra’s philosophy, concerned not only with music but with the broader implications of African-American culture and racial discourse. See it here in full…

Read more about Sun Ra – including an interview with current Arkestra bandleader Marshall Allen – HERE.

Photo is a screenshot from the film.