Milford Graves Full Mantis

Jul 13, 2018

1h 32m

★ 6.8

I'M GOING RIGHT TO THE PRAYING MANTIS. THAT'S THE BOSS. NOT SOME HUMAN!

Overview

Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz percussionist’s singular voice and complex cosmology.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Mantis Films

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Milford Graves

Set in a small town suburb, a pathological lying teen, Max, tries to win over his crush Lindsey by inviting her to a concert that has yet to exist. After his band band mates suddenly quit and Max realizes his inability to write music, he is left with deceptively recruiting his broken hearted friend, Greg, to write for him. But when Greg tries to to get back with his girlfriend and realizes what Max has done to him, they must put aside their differences in order to push their music careers and relationships forward.

6.4

Atlantis

Oct 19, 2014

A documentary portrait of Utopia, loosely framed by Plato’s invocation of the lost continent of Atlantis in 360 BC and its re-resurrection via a 1970s science fiction pulp novel.

0.0

the birth of the journey before death.

May 9, 2025

The journey before the inevitable, the clock starts ticking, life begins and ends.

6.7

All Night Long

Feb 6, 1962

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.

0.0

Canciones para el fin del mundo

Apr 25, 2025

Luca, a lonely young man, has lost touch with his surroundings and with who he once was. Amid drinks, music, and dancing, he will come face to face with Daniel, with whom he will feel an instant connection. Through their conversations, he will revisit his memories while battling his own mind.

0.0

Ella Fitzgerald Swings

Nov 25, 1965

Presenting the world's greatest jazz singer accompanied by The Tommy Flanagan Trio.

6.7

The Saddest Music in the World

Sep 17, 2003

In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.

0.0

Nocturne

Apr 26, 2025

A musical fantasia on religion and the nature of exploitation.

7.0

Let's Get Lost

Sep 15, 1988

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see the young Baker, he of the beautiful face, in California and in Italy, where he appeared in at least one movie and at least one jail cell (for drug possession). And, we see the aged Baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin. Includes interviews with his children and ex-wife, women companions, and musicians.

10.0

Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI: A Music Movie

Apr 27, 2025

After being fired from media conglomerate, Juban TV, due to creative differences, Cameron takes it upon himself to start his own TV company, Ginger Root Productions.

0.0

The Road to Ruane

May 4, 2024

Billy Ruane, storied impresario of the 90s Boston indie music scene. Billy promoted shows and inspired cult-like followings of bands by the likes of The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Pixies, Superchunk, Buffalo Tom, Elliott Smith, Pavement, and Sonic Youth. His gracious treatment of artists set new standards in music. But underneath Billy’s exuberant cartoon-like demeanor and Harvard education, was the pain of a man with deep trauma, who struggled with bipolar disorder and substance abuse, and was confounded by the weight of an endless supply of money.

10.0

MyGO!!!!!×Ave Mujica Joint LIVE「What Lies Beyond the Fork in the Road」DAY1 : Petrichor

Apr 26, 2025

First day of MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica's joint concert at K Arena Yokohama, held on April 26th 2025. sumimi and CRYCHIC appear as guest acts.

10.0

MyGO!!!!!×Ave Mujica Joint LIVE「What Lies Beyond the Fork in the Road」DAY2 : Geosmin

Apr 27, 2025

Second day of MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica's joint concert at K Arena Yokohama, held on April 27th 2025. sumimi and CRYCHIC appear as guest acts.

0.0

Cseh Tamás énekel

Jan 1, 1980

Smoky little clubs, late nights, late nights of conversation over a glass of beer and a guitar. The lyricist Géza Bereményi and the composer-performer Tamás Cseh are the creators of the most topical and accurate songs of the 70s and 80s, expressing the mood of the "30s and 40s" of that time - a mood that was their own destiny. This stunning recording from 1980 includes songs like Tangó, Álomfejtés, Szabó Kálmán tegnap este..., A 100. éjszaka, A legjobb viccek, Születtem Magyarországon, A dédapa dala, Egy bogár, Krakkói vonat, Az ócska cipő, Filmdal.

5.8

Space Is the Place

Nov 1, 1974

Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.

0.0

Melbhattan

May 23, 2013

Melbhattan. Melbhattan is part homage, part pastiche of the opening sequence of Woody Allen's seminal 1979 film Manhattan. Melbhattan features more than sixty black and white tableaux of Melbourne each composed to mimic images in Allen's film.

7.8

Blue Giant

Feb 17, 2023

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

2.5

Boxcutter

Jun 13, 2025

After his laptop is stolen, an aspiring rapper goes on a quest across the gentrifying streets of Toronto to recover his music in time for the event that could change his life - a meeting with a Grammy Award-winning producer.

8.0

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

Dec 16, 2023

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.

10.0

Filthy Betrayal

Jun 14, 2013

On the eve of graduation, a high school student finds herself dealing with both college applications and an unfaithful boyfriend.

Milford Graves Full Mantis

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