Sun Ra Brother From Another Planet

Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn some time ago The best accounts agree that he emerged on Earth as Herman Blount born in Birmingham Alabama in 1914 although Sun Ra himself always denied that Blount was his surname He returned to Saturn in 1993 after creating a stunningly variegated and beautiful assemblage of earthly and interplanetary music most notably with his fervently loyal Arkestra Sun Ra and his Arkestra were the subject of a few documentary films notably Robert Mugges A Joyful Noise 1980 which interspersed performances and rehearsals with Sun Ras commentary on various subjects ranging from todays youth to his own place in the cosmos This documentary reuses some of Mugges material and includes some additional interviews