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[lorentzen-nicklaus]

"extra-territoriality" in the sense of: from outer space! kfl

lorentzen-nicklaus schrieb:
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>  there is a film-essay by john akomfrah with the title "the last angel of  
>  history" [1996]. it deals with the afro-diasporic experience in a    
>  benjaminesque perspective. (the movie's title is taken from the    
>  "geschichtsphilosophische thesen"). focussed gets the issue of     
>  "extra-territoriality" in the musical works of sun ra, george clinton, and
>  lee 
>  scratch perry. to akomfrah the alien motif appears as a metaphor for the     
>  afro-diasporic experience. very instructive, beautiful colors. especially  
>  akomfrah's shades of yellow are incredible ... last week i saw his  
>  satchmo-essay on tv, which i liked very much, too.
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