Space is the place / North American Star System presents ; screenplay, Joshua Smith ; produced by James Newman ; directed by John Coney.

Sun Ra, space-age prophet, lands his spaceship, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. Like Ra himself, Space is the Place is one of a kind, a mythopoetic manifesto made by people who believed in Ra's mystical message as much as they dug the raw splendor of his Afro-psychedelica.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Sun Ra (Composer, Actor)
Corporate Authors: North American Star System
Intergalactic Solar Arkestra
Plexifilm (Firm)
Other Authors: Newman, James, 1933- (Producer)
Smith, Joshua (Screenwriter)
Coney, John (Director)
Johnson, Raymond (Actor)
Brooks, Christopher (Christopher S.) (Actor)
Deloney, Barbara (Actor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: New York : Plexifilm, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Jazz > Drama.
Black people > United States > Drama.
Black people.
Jazz.
United States.
Feature films > United States.
Science fiction films.
Blaxploitation films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films
Science fiction films.
Blaxploitation films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Sun Ra, space-age prophet, lands his spaceship, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. Like Ra himself, Space is the Place is one of a kind, a mythopoetic manifesto made by people who believed in Ra's mystical message as much as they dug the raw splendor of his Afro-psychedelica.
Note:Originally released in 1974.
Special features: Director's cut of Space is the place (1974) restored to its original 82 min. length; home movies of Sun Ra and the Arkestra; video interview with director John Coney and producer Jim Newman.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ9 D0030796 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Credits:Camera, Seth Hill, Pat Riley ; film editors, B. Progress, Frank Namei ; music arranged, composed and conducted by Sun Ra ; performed by the Intergalactic Myth-science Solar Arkestra.
System Details:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Sun Ra, Ray Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder, John Bailey, Clarence Brewer.