Ornette Coleman

A journey in sound through the unusual life and career of jazz legend Charles Lloyd. Lloyd's own voice, and those who worked with him over the last five decades help us discover and better understand this enigmatic man and his spiritual pursuit through music.

The story centres on an orphaned quartet (boy, two girls, a baby) washed ashore on a desert island in what just might be the Bahamas. There, they encounter a pile of branches that transforms into a dubious Jesus-esque bearded man, as well as a doppelganger family of naked black children.

Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes uses his 80th birthday concert to look into the man and his music.

Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of life. He decided to do a short film about Harmolodics. A few artists were in enlisted, including Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono and dancer Wunmi Olaiya. The film only went out to journalists as part of the Tone Dialing press kit. It was released publicly in honor of the occasion of Ornette’s 90th birthday March 9, 2020.

Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of life. He decided to do a short film about Harmolodics. A few artists were in enlisted, including Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono and dancer Wunmi Olaiya. The film only went out to journalists as part of the Tone Dialing press kit. It was released publicly in honor of the occasion of Ornette’s 90th birthday March 9, 2020.

1973년 뉴욕시의 살충 구제원 빌은 시간이 남을 때면 아내 존과 마리화나를 피우면서 시간을 보내곤 한다. 그러던 어느날 자신의 살충약이 없어져 사장과 다투게 되고, 경찰로부터 마약을 상용하고 있다는 혐의를 받게 된다. 마약을 끊기 위해 밴웨이라는 의사를 찾아가서 도움을 구하지만 그가 권해준 약물은 오히려 그의 증세를 악화시키고 환각의 세계로 뒤섞이게 만든다. 빌은 별별 이상한 사람들이 들끓는 도시로 긴 여행을 하게 된다. 이곳에선 타이프라이터가 말을 걸어오고, 죽은 아내가 다른 사람의 아내로 살고 있다. 빌이 이 지옥을 빠져나가려 할 수록 더욱 미로 속으로 빠져들기만 한다.

‘프리 재즈’를 통해 미국 뿐 아니라 세계적으로 큰 인기를 누린 재즈 뮤지션 오네트 콜먼(1930~2015)의 삶을 다룬 다큐멘터리. 셜리 클락은 인터뷰, 공연 기록 영상, 뮤직 비디오 등 다양한 자료를 한자리에 모아 오네트 콜먼이 걸어온 발자취를 다양한 관점에서 조망한다. 셜리 클락이 연출한 마지막 작품.

‘프리 재즈’를 통해 미국 뿐 아니라 세계적으로 큰 인기를 누린 재즈 뮤지션 오네트 콜먼(1930~2015)의 삶을 다룬 다큐멘터리. 셜리 클락은 인터뷰, 공연 기록 영상, 뮤직 비디오 등 다양한 자료를 한자리에 모아 오네트 콜먼이 걸어온 발자취를 다양한 관점에서 조망한다. 셜리 클락이 연출한 마지막 작품.

The important L.A. Newsreel film about the Black Panthers that was rediscovered and written about by USC professor David James. Featured in the film is rare footage of many of the important West Coast Panthers such as Masai Hewitt, David Hilliard, Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter, Eldridge Cleaver, John Huggins, and as well as footage of the aftermath of the LAPD raid on the Los Angeles Panther Headquarters. Musically the film begins with the opening jazz music by Ornette Coleman and later features the call to arms anthem, “The End of Silence” written and sung by Panther Elaine Brown.

A film in cut-out animation depicting the demographic problems of the world. It shows that in many countries freedom from the old scourges of famine and disease has in turn created the new problem of more mouths to feed. The film suggests that wealthier nations might increase all forms of aid to struggling nations to create a better world.

Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.

Insane asylum inmates escape their confinement and hole up in a deserted Belgian farmhouse, where they cook large quantities of eggs and condemn one of their own in an impromptu court. Accompanied by a frenetic original soundtrack by the great Ornette Coleman and starring The Living Theater.

Collection of Computer Graphic effects.