Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game

In this short, magical film experiment, Shirley Clarke interprets the musical universe of jazz giant Ornette Coleman in best Afrofuturist tradition. With breathless echo effects, superimpositions and artificial light reflections, younger versions of Coleman lose themselves in slot machines, turn gravel into glass marbles and vanish into video-animated supernatural light.

Release Date

January 1, 1984

Status

Released

Original Title

Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game

Runtime

4min

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