(MUSIC) BLOUNT HERBERT SONNY (SUN RA) Sun Ra Space is the Pl

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(MUSIC.) BLOUNT, HERBERT. SONNY ("SUN RA"). Sun Ra. Space is the Place. Color lithographic poster for James Newman's Sun Ra film, 20-7/8x17-1/4 inches; some light discoloration and spots for the most part in the blank margins. Np, 1974

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rare poster for sun ra's sci-fi musical film. "Space is the Place" is an 82-minute film made in 1972 and released in 1974. It was produced by Jim Newman, directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra and Joshua Smith and features Sun Ra and his Arkestra. A soundtrack for the film was released on Evidence Records. The plot: Sun Ra, who has been reported lost since his European tour in June 1969, lands on a new planet in outer space with his crew, "The Arkestra" and decides to settle African-Americans on this planet. The medium of transportation he had chosen is music. He travels back in time and returns to the Chicago strip club where he used to play piano with the name "Sonny Ray" in 1943. There he confronts The Overseer (Ray Johnson), a pimp-overlord, and they agree on a duel at cards for the fate of the Black race.