Brussels Art Film Festival BAFF
The Magic City: Birmingham According To Sun Ra - Pablo Guarise & Guillaume Maupin
Past event
Cancelled
Postponed
13 Nov.'25
- 19:00
Brussels Art Film Festival (BAFF)
Between segregation and cosmic revelation, The Magic City traces the birth of musician Sun Ra.
On May 22, 1914, Herman Poole Blount arrived on Earth in Birmingham, Alabama — an industrial and segregated city in the rural South of the United States, nicknamed The Magic City. At the age of 32, he moved to Chicago. There, he became Sun Ra, one of the most prolific jazz musicians of the twentieth century, as well as the founder of a singular cosmic philosophy.
The Magic City is both a portrait of the artist as a young man and a portrait of a city through time.
A discussion with director Pablo Guarise will take place after the screening.
Practical information
Dates
Location
The 23
rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BrusselsLanguage
- English
- Subtitles: French
(BE, 2025 DCP, 100')
Co-production