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FILM POP & PHI present:
SPACE IS THE PLACE
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Show: 6:30PM
$16 (taxes incl.) online
— United States, 1974, 82 min, Original English version–
This screening is presented in parallel with the exhibition Josèfa Ntjam: swell of spæc(i)es, presented from September 10 to January 11, 2026 at PHI.
This futuristic cult classic offers a visionary journey through stories of reinventing Black identity, speculative cosmology, and cultural resistance. Ra, a messenger sent by the ancestors, accompanied by his Arkestra, embodies an intergalactic ambassador tasked with teleporting the Black diaspora to another planet. At the heart of Space Is the Place, jazz and the cosmos become the site of emancipation, re-enchantment of the world, and struggle.
