Jazz musician Sun Ra has landed on a new planet he wishes to settle with African Americans, transporting them away from Earth through music waves. First, he must time-travel to the 1943 Chicago club, where he used to play the piano, and beat a satanic figure in a card game that will define the fate of the black race. An Afro-futuristic blend of blaxploitation, sci-fi, and political allegory that builds an “alternative destiny” bereft of racial prejudice and oppression.
Space is the Place
Space is the Place
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- Direction: John Coney
- Script: Joshua Smith, Sun Ra
- Cinematography: Seth Hill
- Editing: Barbara Pokras
- Sound: Ken Heller
- Music: Sun Ra
- Actors: Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder, Christopher Brooks
- Producers: Jim Newman
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 1974
- Duration: 81'
- Contact: Rapid Eye Movies
John Coney
John Coney is mostly known to the public as the director of Space Is the Place, an Afrofuturist sci-fi featuring composer, singer and poet Sun Ra. Coney was also the producer of the film Hardcore by acclaimed sculptor and visual artist Walter De Maria.
Filmography
1974 Space Is the Place
2016 Pink Floyd: Grantchester Meadows (video short)
