{"id":25,"date":"2023-04-08T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/08\/about-the-film\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:37:00","slug":"about-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/08\/about-the-film\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"468\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/94068d41aaa2ac80a18e25169f5b333f\/09e994a2b65f62e6-b0\/s640x960\/dc669b3f5de850ea120d10ae6f2b2b7f5d43c9e5.gif\" data-orig-height=\"468\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Cry of Jazz<\/i><\/b> (Edward O. Bland, 1959)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u275d Edward O. Bland\u2019s low-budget dramatic filmmaking is stark, but his cultural insights\u2014as seen in this philosophical featurette, from 1959, based on his own writings\u2014are profound. It\u2019s set at a party, in Chicago, at which white jazz enthusiasts ask Black friends about the music. The protagonist, Alex (George Waller), relates the form of jazz\u2014and the existential edge of Black musicians\u2019 performances\u2014to history and politics, and, remarkably, predicts both the dwindling of jazz as a genre and its inspiration of real-world change. Filmed performances by Sun Ra and other musicians are intercut with trenchant documentary footage\u2014of double Dutch and street basketball and church services, substandard housing and neglected public spaces\u2014that displays what Alex calls the \u201cjoy and suffering\u201d of Black American life. The movie, which is as passionate as it is analytical, suggests a new dimension in music criticism. \u275e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/goings-on-about-town\/movies\/the-cry-of-jazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thecryofjazz.com\/film\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/thecryofjazz.com\/film\",\"title\":\"About The Film\",\"description\":\"The Cry of Jazz is the only film composer and musician Ed Bland ever helmed. Deemed radical, alarmist, and amateurish by many upon its relea\",\"site_name\":\"thecryofjazz.com\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"03c0e0295d1d7f6e238af1c563d9bd59:09e994a2b65f62e6-bd\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/thecryofjazz.com\/film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About The Film<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cry of Jazz (Edward O. Bland, 1959) \u275d Edward O. 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