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Back to Podcast Episodes430. Space is the Place (1974) — Totally Pretentious #23
Space employment agencies, NASA spies, and Oakland, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale turn their eyeballs to Sun Ra’s Space is the Place (1974). Together, they discuss the film’s history and themes, its approach to U.S. racism, the power of music, and so much more!
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Show Notes:
- Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!
- Space is the Place links:
- IMDb
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Wikipedia
- Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City by William Sites
- Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack
- Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement by Isiah Lavender III
- Our next film: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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