Bibliograph

The cry of jazz, Atavistic Video ; KHTB Productions ; producers, Edward O. Bland and Nelam L. Hill ; director, Edward O. Bland ; writers, Edward O. Bland, Nelam L. Hill, Mark Kennedy

Type

Label

The cry of jazz, Atavistic Video ; KHTB Productions ; producers, Edward O. Bland and Nelam L. Hill ; director, Edward O. Bland ; writers, Edward O. Bland, Nelam L. Hill, Mark Kennedy

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The cry of jazz

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

54769047

Responsibility statement

Atavistic Video ; KHTB Productions ; producers, Edward O. Bland and Nelam L. Hill ; director, Edward O. Bland ; writers, Edward O. Bland, Nelam L. Hill, Mark Kennedy

Runtime

Series statement

Unheard music series

Summary

"[This]...semi-documentary film was completed in 1958 in Chicago...Long before the concept of Black Culture existed, THE CRY OF JAZZ argued that Black American life shared a structural identity with jazz. It is one of the earliest documentary films made by Black Americans...[The film] is structured in seven parts. Parts 1, 3, 5 and 7 consist of dramatic scenes in which the significance of jazz and Black American life is discussed by an interracial cast. Sandwiched between these discussions are parts 2, 4 and 6, in which the structure, history, and future of jazz and Black American life are presented in documentary form, along with a jazz soundtrack. Most of the music is composed and performed by the late jazz great Sun Ra and his Arkestra. The music is vintage Sun Ra from his '50s Chicago years." -- www.edblandmusic.com/TheCryofJazz.htm

Technique

live action

Classification