Space Is the Place
Space Is the Place is an 85-minute Afrofuturist science fiction film made in 1972 and released in 1974.
It was directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra and Joshua Smith, and features Sun Ra and his Arkestra.
A soundtrack was released on Evidence Records.
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
Sun Ra:
A Joyful Noise is a 1980 jazz film by Robert Mugge documenting performances by Sun Ra and his Arkestra in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore, and also including interviews and rehearsal footage.
The Philadelphia performances captured by the film took place at Danny's Hollywood Palace and on the rooftop of the Philadelphia International Center.
The Baltimore performance took place in the Famous Ballroom, hosted by the Left Bank Jazz Society.
Sun Ra compositions featured in the film include "Astro Black,
Along Came Ra
,We Travel the Spaceways," and "Requiem for Trevor Johnson."
In 2001, the film was screened as part of Maryland Film Festival in the former Famous Ballroom, now part of the expanded Charles Theatre, where the film's Baltimore performances were shot.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Vittorio Vaser
Vittorio Vaser( 1904 – 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor.
He appeared in Alessandro Blasetti's 1929 film" Sun" about the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes.
He was the son of the actor Ernesto Vaser.
Robert Mugge
Robert Mugge (born May 8, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American documentary film maker.
He has focused primarily on films about music and musicians, but some of his earliest films were not music focused and he is now continuing to branch out as his interests and work evolve.
Michael Ray (trumpeter)
Michael Ray( born December 24, 1952) is an American jazz trumpeter.
He tours extensively with Sun Ra and the successor Sun Ra Arkestra under Marshall Allen's direction following Sun Ra's passing.
For a period from the mid-1990s to the present he leads his own band, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe.
His playing with Sun Ra and independently has incorporated funkjazz, R& B, electronica and fusion genres.
Ronnie Boykins
Ronald Boykins (December 17, 1935 – April 20, 1980) was a jazz bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Witherspoon prior to joining Sun Ra's Arkestra.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Alton Abraham
Alton Abraham( 5 May 1927 – 6 June 1999) was an African American social entrepreneur who acted as business manager for Sun Ra. Abraham was born in Chicago and served in the U.S Military in Okinawa from 1945- 1947.
When he returned to Chicago, he studied at the DuSable High School( 1947 – 1950) and Wilson Junior College, gaining qualifications as a Radiographer at Provident Hospital from 1952.
In 1951 he met Sun Ra and they soon discovered a shared interest in ancient history, mysticism, numerology, the occult and science.
Together with Ra and his brother Atis Abraham, he co-founded El Saturn Records.
During his tenure as Sun Ra's business manager, he amassed a large collection of Ra's objects, artifacts, documents, and materials, which is preserved as the Alton Abraham Collection of Sun Ra at the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise?
Answer: Chicago