Movie: The Magic Sun

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Sun Ra
Sun Ra

Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen

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    Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a so-called negative post-process, while Niblock's camera focuses on microscopic details of hands, bodies and instruments. A brilliant tribute to the Sun King by another brilliant supra-planetary sovereign. (Eye of Sound)

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    1966-01-01

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    6.2

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    English
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