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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.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Unheard music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- African American jazz musicians.
- Jazz musicians--United States.
- Jazz musicians.
- Music and race.
- History.
- United States.
- Music and race--United States--History.
- Music and race--Drama.
- Genre:
- Streaming video.
- Short films.
- National Film Registry.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video).
- Other Title:
- Selections from the National Film Registry.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : KHTB Productions, 1959.
- Language Note:
- English audio.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 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.
- Participant:
- Cast: George Waller, Dorothea Horton, Linda Dillon, Andrew Duncan, James Miller, Laroy Inman, Gavin McFadyen.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Hank Starr ; editor, Howard Alk ; musical director, Edward O. Bland ; music written by Le Sun Ra, Paul Severson, Julian Priester, Eddie Higgins, Norman Leist.
- Notes:
- National Film Registry selection, 2010.
- "Music recorded in Europe available in United States on Academy record album mwjs #1, Saturn record album #srlp 0216"--End credits.
- "Based in part on the book 'The fruits of the death of jazz' by Edward O. Bland."--End credits.
- Originally released in 1959.
- OCLC:
- 54769047
- Publisher Number:
- 022891986591
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