The Cry of Jazz (1959)
1959 · 0h 34m · Documentary, Music
Genres: Documentary, Music
Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades,…
Director: Edward Bland
Music by: Sun Ra
Cast
George Waller as Alex JohnsonDorothea Horton as NatalieMelinda Dillon as FayeAndrew Duncan as JohnLeroy Inman as LouisJames Miller as BobGavin McFadyan as BruceCarl DupreeGoldina RojasAlan LeavittCarl McCormackLettie Mae RandolphMore like this
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