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Title:

Space is the place [videorecording] / North American Star System ; screenplay, Joshua Smith ; produced by James Newman ; directed by John Coney.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Plexifilm,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

African Americans--Drama.
Blaxploitation films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Science fiction films.

Other Authors:

Smith, Joshua.
Newman, Jamie.
Coney, John.
Sun Ra.
Johnson, Raymond.
Brooks, Christopher.
Deloney, Barbara.
North American Star System.
Sun Ra Arkestra.
Plexifilm (Firm)

Notes:

Videorecording of a 1974 motion picture. "Restored to its original 82 minute length"--Container. Program notes (<10> p.) inserted in container. Trailers (16 min.) include: a home movie of Sun Ra and the Arkestra (b&w); an interview with director John Coney and producer Jim Newman (col.) Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Solar Arkestra, Ray Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney.

Summary:

Sci-fi, blaxploitation, cosmic free jazz and radical race politics combine when Sun Ra returns to Earth in his music-powered space ship to battle for the future of the black race. The film is a visual embodiment of Sun Ra's Afro-Egyptian myth of salvation in outer space. Set in Chicago, 1943.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)549514628

UPC:

082354001322

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)