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Jazz on Film: Space is the Place
June 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$7 – $9
Event Admission
Part of MFAH's "Jazz on Film" series $9 General admission $10 Admission per ticket for film festivals presented at the MFAH $2 discount: MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Free: Children 5 and younger The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by credit card. Tickets may be purchased in advance in three ways: online, via ticket links on mfah.org/calendar or mfah.org/film pages; in the MFAH lobbies during Museum hours; and at the box office prior to screenings. The box office opens an hour before showtime. In order to allow as many people as possible to be seated on time, staff may need to refrain from printing multiple advance tickets within the hour of a posted film screening. Join Film Buffs, the Museum’s patron group, and receive at least 10 free admissions to MFAH films, plus discounted admission thereafter. The MFAH has two theaters: Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building (1001 Bissonnet Street) and the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building (5500 Main Street).
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50th Anniversary
Calling planet Earth! Jazz on Film is pleased to present a special 50th-anniversary screening of the Afrofuturist classic Space Is the Place. Avant-garde jazz mystic Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Myth-Science Arkestra land their yellow spaceship in Oakland offering an alter-destiny to Black youth, including battling the FBI, NASA, and a supernatural pimp named “The Overseer.” This unique iteration of Ra’s musical concepts and social commentary is a blend of science fiction B-movie, blaxploitation flick, and concert documentary. Featuring Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, and June Tyson, the Arkestra performs pieces including “Watusi,” “Outer Spaceways, Inc.,” and “The Satellites Are Spinning.”
