The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra + Intro
Tue 1 Sep
Illuminating the mythical origins of the visionary, cosmic jazz artist Sun Ra, this portrait of an industrial city in the segregated South is loving, political and magical. On May 22, 1914, Herman Poole Blount arrived on Earth in Birmingham, Alabama. Some years later, he transformed into Sun Ra, one of the most extraordinary and prolific jazz musicians of his century, as well as the bearer of a v...