Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
| Director | Christine Turner |
|---|---|
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | USA |
| Runtime | 1h 24m |
| Language | English |
| Format | DCP |
| TMDB | View entry |
Synopsis
Herman Poole Blount was born on May 22, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama, and departed this earth on May 30, 1993, as Sun Ra. Along the way, he became a conscientious objector, legally changed his name to Le Sony’r Ra, forged a vision of a Black Space Age future, created a big band that toured the world and continues to do so to this day, wrote over 1,000 jazz compositions, issued more than 125 self-produced records, pioneered the use of electronic keyboards, and published volumes of broadsheets and poetry.
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