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MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisaportraitofrenownedpercussionistMilfordGraves,exploringhiskaleidoscopiccreativityandrelentlesscuriosity.<br/> "MilfordGravesengageswithouruniversethroughcontemplationandmeditationwherewecoexistinagardenoftimelessnature.Sincetheearly1960shehasstruckamythicfigureinthelineageofNewThing/FreeJazzmusicandart.Atheoristonrhythmdefinedbyinherentemotionalimpulse(asopposedtoamechanismofstrictrepetition)hehasconsistentlychampionedtheideathatmusicismorethananartformtobemastered.Inhisworld,soundisalifeforcetobeintunewith,throughregardandrespect.Withpatienceandacleardevotiontothebeautyofthepracticeandperformanceofmusic,bothspiritandearth-conscious,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISasdirectedbyJakeMeginsky,andco-directedbyNeilYoung,bothexperimentalmusiciansfromWesternMassachusetts,isaportraitofoneofthemostfascinatinglightsinthelineageoflate20thcenturymusic.Itisasonic-visualodetotheineffablemagicofinspiredandgraciousliving."---ThurstonMoore<br/> Graveshasperformedinternationallysince1964,bothasasoloistandinensembleswithsuchlegendsasAlbertAyler,GiuseppiLoganandSonnySharrock.Heiswidelyconsideredtobeafoundingpioneerofavant-gardejazz,andheremainsoneofthemostinfluentiallivingfiguresintheevolutionoftheform.<br/> Thefilmdrawstheviewerthroughtheartist'slushgardenandornatehome,intothemartialartsdojoinhisbackyardandthelaboratoryinhisbasement-allofthisjustblocksfromwherehegrewupinthehousingprojectsforSouthJamaica,Queens.<br/> Gravestellsstoriesofdiscovery,struggleandsurvival,ruminatesontheessenceof'swing,'activateselectronicstethoscopesinhisbasementlabtoprocessthesoundofhisheart,andtravelstoJapanwhereheperformsataschoolforchildrenwithautism,ignitingthestudentbodyintoanecstaticdisplayofspontaneouscollectiveenergy.<br/> Oscillatingfrompresenttopastandweavingintimateglimpsesoftheartist'scomplexcosmologywithblisteringperformancesfromaroundtheglobe,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISiscinemafulloffluidity,polyrhythmandintensity,embodyingtheessenceofGraves'musicitself.<br/> Aresultofnearly15yearsoffilming,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisDirectedbyJakeMeginsky,alongtimestudentofMilfordGraves.Co-DirectedbyNeilYoung.d