Moor Mother: Jazz Codes
2022
Synopsis
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.
Editorial
Looking to the future of jazz while honoring the legends of the past, Moor Mother’s spellbinding music transcends time and genre—and so does Cyrus Moussavi’s companion piece. Kaleidoscopic in its editing style, this prismatic short goes on a sonic journey between the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles.
