Description: The Cry of Jazz is the only film composer and musician Ed Bland ever helmed. Deemed radical, alarmist, and amateurish by many upon its release, it fused street grit and ivory tower intellect into a thirty-four minute celluloid whirlwind, all the while scored by a then unknown Le Sun Ra & his Arkestra.
film (20429) jazz (9637) chicago (6014) civil rights (347) 16mm (159) race relations (36) soft power (4) ed bland (2) howard alk (2) film foundation (2)
Scarcely less abrasive now than when it first appeared.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
The Negro is the only human American.