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Cry of Jazz
Cry of Jazz ognized as an early and influential example of African-
American independent filmmaking. Director Ed Bland,
Directed by Ed Bland with the help of more than 60 volunteer crew members,
Produced by Ed Bland, Nelam Hill intercuts scenes of life in Chicago’s black neighborhoods
with interviews of interracial artists and intellectuals.
Screenplay Ed Bland , Nelam Hill, Mark Kennedy,
"Cry of Jazz" argues that black life in America shares
by Eugene Titus
a structural identity with jazz music. With performance
Music by Sun Ra clips by the jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Sun
Release 1959 Ra and his Arkestra, the film demonstrates the unifying
date(s) tension between rehearsed and improvised jazz. "Cry of
Jazz" is a historic and fascinating film that comments on
Running 34 minutes
time
racism and the appropriation of jazz by those who fail to
understand its artistic and cultural origins."
Country USA
Language English References
Cry of Jazz is a film by Ed Bland documenting Chicago’s • http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-273.html
black neighborhoods. It includes interviews with artists
and intellectuals and performances by Sun Ra and John External links
Gilmore. In 2010, this film was selected for preservation
• Cry of Jazz at the Internet Movie Database
in the United States National Film Registry by the Library
• Cry of Jazz at AllRovi
of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aestheti-
• Cry of Jazz page at Ed Bland’s webpage
cally significant". The Library of Congress had this to say
of the film and its significance: " Cry of Jazz...is now rec-
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• English-language films
• 1959 films
• American films
• Black-and-white films
• Documentary films about jazz music and musicians
• Short documentary films
• United States National Film Registry films
• Jazz stubs
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