Sun Ra Trailers
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Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy," prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.
Most Popular Sun Ra Trailers
Total trailers found: 18
22 March 1959
Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O.
20 September 2017
Director Jenn Nkiru authors a personal and powerful exploration of blackness through piecing together dreamlike portraits with stunning archival footage that includes Afrofuturism pioneer Sun Ra and revolutionary organization the Black Panther Party.
11 November 2023
"Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight" covers renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward Twilight”— commissioned by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens — a site-specific installation that features a 17-foot-long vintage wooden canoe and found objects, including birdcages, antlers, and natural materials harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s grounds.
20 July 2013
A film, music and aural presentation by Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records, Portland, USA. Featuring archival film, images & stories spanning 1890 to the present day, illustrating Eric's own special history of underground music movements and bonafide individuals.
27 January 2025
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.
01 January 1968
A music documentary made with Sun Ra.
25 January 1987
The film is set to bring forward once again the well-worn images of the summit talks between Reagan and Gorbachev in Geneva.
01 January 1966
Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime.
01 November 1974
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.
10 June 2025
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.
01 October 1980
Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980.
19 October 2020
In the Arctic, ice is both all around and constantly disappearing. “Utuqaq” explores climate change from the perspective of this beautiful and vital element, as four researchers embark on an expedition to drill ice cores in subzero temperatures.
04 July 1984
Sun Ra, Archie Shepp and company in concert in Paris, 1984. Documents performances and rehearsals in Paris, France, 1984.
23 April 2021
Music video for "Nobles", the opening track to The Alchemist’s album, "This Thing of Ours" featuring Earl Sweatshirt and Navy Blue.
01 January 2005
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 surname.
15 October 2025
Between segregation and cosmic revelation, The Magic City traces the birth of Sun Ra, where a city becomes myth and a man, a galaxy.
31 August 2024
A guy receives anonymous video tapes revealing him in strange acts. Struggling to reconcile between reality and the tapes, he's haunted by a question: is he the architect of his own unsettling actions or the victim of a sinister plot?
