📜 Overview:
Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1959-03-22
⌚ Running Time:
34 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
5.9
Beloved Cast
Alex Johnson
George Waller
Natalie
Dorothea Horton
Faye
Melinda Dillon
John
Andrew Duncan
Louis
Leroy Inman
Bob
James Miller
Bruce
Gavin McFadyan
Carl Dupree
Goldina Rojas
Alan Leavitt
Carl McCormack
Lettie Mae Randolph
