
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game (1984)

Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game (1984)
Overview
In this short, magical film experiment, Shirley Clarke interprets the musical universe of jazz giant Ornette Coleman in best Afrofuturist tradition. With breathless echo effects, superimpositions and artificial light reflections, younger versions of Coleman lose themselves in slot machines, turn gravel into glass marbles and vanish into video-animated supernatural light.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Not Rated
Overview
In this short, magical film experiment, Shirley Clarke interprets the musical universe of jazz giant Ornette Coleman in best Afrofuturist tradition. With breathless echo effects, superimpositions and artificial light reflections, younger versions of Coleman lose themselves in slot machines, turn gravel into glass marbles and vanish into video-animated supernatural light.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Primary
The film focuses on the artistic innovation of Ornette Coleman and Shirley Clarke's experimental approach to filmmaking, exploring themes of creative freedom and challenging artistic conventions. These themes are primarily cultural and aesthetic, not explicitly aligning with a specific political ideology.
The movie features a diverse cast, which is inherent to its subject matter, a prominent Black jazz musician. Its narrative focuses on the artist without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its core message.
Secondary
Based on the limited information provided, there is no indication of identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within 'Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game'. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal is not possible.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film's title refers to the male historical figure Ornette Coleman. Without specific plot details or character information indicating a gender change for Coleman or any other established character, there is no basis to confirm a gender swap.
The film features Ornette Coleman, a historically Black jazz musician, portraying himself. Therefore, there is no instance of a character established as one race being portrayed on screen as a different race.
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