11 Sep 2004
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A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
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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, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white.
Top Billed Cast
George Waller Alex Johnson
Dorothea Horton Natalie
Melinda Dillon Faye
Andrew Duncan John
Leroy Inman Louis
James Miller Bob
Gavin McFadyan Bruce
Carl Dupree Goldina Rojas Alan Leavitt Carl McCormack Lettie Mae Randolph
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