It comments on the innovations of Black musical history while acknowledging the ongoing fight for civil rights. It was incredibly controversial for these reasons and the frank discussions between the multi-racial cast at the center of the film
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Part documentary, part musical ethnography, “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) was conceived by the composer Edward Bland, novelist Mark Kennedy, city-planner Nelam Hill, and mathematician Eugene Titus
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Time for our first feature presentation: “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) directed by Edward O. Bland (youtu.be/fE00fzXpI04?...) and featuring the music of poet, musician and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra and His Arkestra
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