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SUMMARY:The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra (2025)
DTSTAMP:20260909T232127Z
DTSTART:20261125T180000Z
DESCRIPTION:Together with Amsterdam music platform we will go back to the e
	arly years of Sun\nRa. Before the world (and the cosmos) came to know him 
	as the Afrofuturist\npioneer of "space jazz"\, he was born Herman Poole Bl
	ount in Birmingham\, deep in\nthe heart of Alabama. The Belgian documentar
	y The Magic City - Birmingham\nAccording to Sun Ra sheds light on how this
	 often-overlooked yet magical music\ncity helped shape the enigmatic visio
	nary in his formative years. Filmmakers\nGuillaume Maupin and Pablo Guaris
	e closely involved the city and its residents\nin telling not just Sun Ra'
	s story\, but that of their community. Inevitably\,\nthat story is marked 
	by a legacy of slavery\, segregation\, and racism. Yet Sun\nRa's gaze rema
	ined fixed on a more harmonious future. As he says at the start of\nthe fi
	lm: "My story is not part of history. Because history repeats itself\, but
	\nmy story is endless."\n\nMelkweg often hosts different types of programm
	es at the same time\, such as\nconcerts\, club nights and films. Please no
	te that there may occasionally be some\nnoise pollution from other program
	mes during the screening.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-magic-city-birmingham-according-to-
	sun-ra-2025
GEO:52.3647777;4.881073026725959
LOCATION:Melkweg - Lijnbaansgracht 234A\, 1017 PH Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:afrofuturism,amsterdam-centrum,film,jazz,leidseplein,music docum
	entary
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Together with Amsterdam music platform we w
	ill go back to the early years of Sun Ra. Before the world (and the cosmos
	) came to know him as the Afrofuturist pioneer of "space jazz", he was bor
	n Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, deep in the heart of Alabama. The Bel
	gian documentary The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra sheds lig
	ht on how this often-overlooked yet magical music city helped shape the en
	igmatic visionary in his formative years. Filmmakers Guillaume Maupin and 
	Pablo Guarise closely involved the city and its residents in telling not j
	ust Sun Ra's story, but that of their community. Inevitably, that story is
	 marked by a legacy of slavery, segregation, and racism. Yet Sun Ra's gaze
	 remained fixed on a more harmonious future. As he says at the start of th
	e film: "My story is not part of history. Because history repeats itself, 
	but my story is endless."</p><p><i>Melkweg often hosts different types of 
	programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Plea
	se note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other pro
	grammes during the screening.</i></p>
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