every aspect of sun ra’s career is amazing, influential, and deeply spiritual. he never put out anything that felt ‘too far out’ for me. maybe it’s a black thang.
after finishing the film, i went back just to rewatch the scene at the youth center. beautiful
my man said “i’m not real. i’m just like you. you don’t exist in this society. if you did, yo people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights…we are both myths…that’s what black peoples are. myths.”…