Moor Mother: Jazz Codes
Jul 01 2022
•Documentary, Music
Poet, musician, visual artist, and Afrofuturist Moor Mother roams a hallucinatory Mojave Desert alone. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Moor Mother visits the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra HQ and plays with jazz luminaries and elders, including Henry “The Skipper” Franklin, Michael Session, and Maia.
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Henry Franklin
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Michael Session
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Mekala Session
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