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offbeat amsterdam @[email protected] · 2026-09-09 · 20:29 UTC

The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra (2025)

Melkweg, Wednesday, November 25 at 07:00 PM GMT+1

Together with Amsterdam music platform we will 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 born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, deep in the heart of Alabama. The Belgian documentary The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra sheds light on how this often-overlooked yet magical music city helped shape the enigmatic visionary in his formative years. Filmmakers Guillaume Maupin and Pablo Guarise closely involved the city and its residents in telling not just 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 the film: "My story is not part of history. Because history repeats itself, but my story is endless."

Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-magic-city-birmingham-according-to-sun-ra-2025

#afrofuturism #jazz #film #leidseplein #amsterdamcentrum #musicdocumentary

🧙🏽Muirén🦉 @[email protected] · 2026-06-07 · 04:55 UTC

No mater how famous or wealthy, this is what every Black person, and especially Black women and children, can expect from the healthcare system anywhere in the US.

A New Mexico jury awarded the family of Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols $13 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, New Mexico.

An expert informed jury ruled the hospital provided substandard care, failed to properly diagnose a treatable heart condition, and then discharging her hours before her death in 2022.

News media are already attempting to softpedal the story. Don't let them!
#BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Afrofuturism #SciFi #STEM #Women #BlackWomen #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #Uhura #NyotaUhura

#blackfedi #blackmastodon #afrofuturism #scifi #stem #women

Marco @[email protected] · 2025-04-02 · 10:51 UTC

I've been listening to AMMAR 808 for quite a while and currently this tunisian musician is one of my favorite projects. Today a new track from his next album was released. Give it a go.

https://ammar808.bandcamp.com/track/douri-douri

#currentlylisteningto #ammar808 #tunisia #afrofuturism #electronicmusic

#electronicmusic #afrofuturism #tunisia #ammar808 #currentlylisteningto

Marco @[email protected] · 2025-04-02 · 10:51 UTC

I've been listening to AMMAR 808 for quite a while and currently this tunisian musician is one of my favorite projects. Today a new track from his next album was released. Give it a go.

https://ammar808.bandcamp.com/track/douri-douri

#currentlylisteningto #ammar808 #tunisia #afrofuturism #electronicmusic

#electronicmusic #afrofuturism #tunisia #ammar808 #currentlylisteningto

Marco @flun1tr4z3p4m · 2025-04-02 · 10:51 UTC

I've been listening to AMMAR 808 for quite a while and currently this tunisian musician is one of my favorite projects. Today a new track from his next album was released. Give it a go.

https://ammar808.bandcamp.com/track/douri-douri

#currentlylisteningto #ammar808 #tunisia #afrofuturism #electronicmusic