Milford Graves Full Mantis

Just about as close as we're going to get to seeing the ineffable and the unknowable made tangible. The film beautifully and lovingly depicts Graves and his life's work in an hour and half distillation that is in its own right an artistic journey, We're drawn close to Graves while simultaneously given the freedom and tools to wonder about the scope and breadth of what's possible for ourselves and how we relate to and metabolize our world. I won't try to be more precise with my language here--the film will speak for itself.

The film is really kinda of waste of time, messy editing, noisy sound and non-narrative storyline.

Diving into this film is a life changer! Milford Graves appears to be a extremely generous human being, following his own path to many great discoveries. Where science meet politics, esoterism and underground jazz history meets botanics, martial arts meets love, and art teaching meets engagement! one of the most vibrant musicians of our times open his doors to a very respectfull cinematographer, letting us listen to an essential voice of the 20th century! Beautifull film!

Don't miss the chance to see The Leonardo da Vinci of our time.

This was by far one of the best and more interestingly put together documentaries I have ever seen. To me, it felt more like a portrait than a documentary in that it had no intention of telling a linear story of Milford Grave's life and career, but rather focused on short bursts of archival footage which illustrate central themes in the subject's work. The editing is inventive and totally in sync with the pacing of the film and with Milford's playing and speaking. When I was told that the film has no voices or music besides Graves' I wasn't sure how well that would keep my attention for an hour and a half. The pacing of the film, however, kept me interested and wanting more. The archival footage is amazing and is seamlessly interwoven with present-day interviews.