Restored version of a classic, freewheeling musical documentary. It captures the evolution over three decades of saxophonist and trumpeter Ornette Coleman, a foundational figure of avant-garde jazz. We see him in action in New York, Morocco, Nigeria, and his native Texas. Interviews, dramatized scenes, and and some of the first music video-style segments

ever made recount his ascent as an American cultural pioneer. The traumas, rhythms, and myths of the United States in the 60s and 70s, seen through the imagination of a revolutionary whose music exuded rage, tragedy, and hope. 

Cast: Ornette Coleman, Denardo Coleman, Charles Ellerbe, Sabir Kamal, Albert McDowell, Bern Nix, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, John Giordano, Ed Blackwell, William Burroughs, Caravan of Dreams Ensemble Theater, Don Cherry, James Clay, Denardo Coleman, Jayne Cortes, Charles Ellerbe, Brion Gysin, Charlie Haden,  Hamri & The Master Musicians of Jajouka, The Ibadan Musicians of Nigeria, David Izhenson, James Jordan, Demon Marshall, Gene Tatum