Editing Sun Ra (section)

==Filmography==
''[[Space Is the Place]]'' (1974) is a feature-length film that stars Sun Ra and his band as themselves. The soundtrack, also by Sun Ra, is available on CD. The film follows Sun Ra after he returns to Chicago from many years of space travel with his Arkestra. In a meeting with "the Overseer" – a devil-like figure stationed in the desert – Sun Ra agrees to play a game of cards to "win" the black community. Sun Ra's goal is to transport the American black community to a new planet he discovered while on his journey, and that he hopes to use as a home for an entirely black population. The artist's mission is to "teleport the whole planet through music", but his attempts are often misunderstood by his supposed converts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zuberi |first1=Nabeel |title=Zuberi - The Transmoleculization of Black Folk |url=https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/362786/original/Zuberi-%2BThe%2BTransmolecularization%2Bof%2B%255BBlack%255D%2BFolk-%2BSpace%2Bis%2Bthe%2BPlace%252C%2BSun%2BRa%2Band%2BAfrofuturism%2B---%2Bcorrected.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226112500/https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/362786/original/Zuberi-+The+Transmolecularization+of+%255BBlack%255D+Folk-+Space+is+the+Place%252C+Sun+Ra+and+Afrofuturism+---+corrected.pdf |archive-date=2021-02-26 |url-status=live |website=Amherst |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>

Sun Ra and his Arkestra were the subject of a few documentary films, including [[Robert Mugge]]'s ''[[Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise]]'' (1980). It interspersed passages of performances and rehearsals with Sun Ra's commentary on various subjects ranging from today's youth to his own place in the cosmos. More recently, [[Don Letts]]' ''Sun Ra – Brother from Another Planet'' (2005) incorporated some of Mugge's material, and includes some additional interviews. ''Points on a Space Age'' (2009) is a documentary by Ephrahaim Asili.<ref name="Points" /><ref>{{IMDb title|tt1391893|Points on a Space Age}}</ref> "It's a 60-minute doc along the lines of the talking-head-intercut-with performance clips style."<ref name="Points">[http://www.identitytheory.com/filmblog/2009/05/dvd-review-points-on-space-age-mvd.html DVD Review: ''Points on a Space Age'' (MVD video) | Side Shots Film Blog<!-- Bot generated title -->], Identity Theory blog, May 2009</ref>