Poster for Space Is the Place (1974)

A color lithograph poster for the musical film Space is the Place featuring Sun Ra and the Arkestra. Sun Ra is depicted in the center of the poster wearing a headdress and collar resembling that of an Egyptian pharaoh. The headdress is topped by a large golden orb with long extensions on either side. On either side of Ra is a yellow and red flaming sun. Above and below him are the words [SUN RA / IN / SPACE IS THE PLACE] small planets are scattered among the lettering. At the top of the poster in dotted whi

Source: North American Star System poster for Space Is the Place, 1974. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The 1974 film Space Is the Place dramatizes the purported origin story of Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount), arriving on Earth from outer space with his “Arkestra.”

AP African American Studies Guide

Poster for the Musical Film Space Is the Place (1974)

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