Milford Graves Movies

  • 2014
    River of Fundament

    River of Fundament

    River of Fundament

    6.62014HD

    Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In...

    River of Fundament
  • 2018
    Milford Graves Full Mantis

    Milford Graves Full Mantis

    Milford Graves Full Mantis

    6.82018HD

    Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz...

    Milford Graves Full Mantis
  • 2023
    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

    02023HD

    Filmed in and around percussionist Milford Grave’s last public concert in his neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center
  • 2020
    Bata Wormhole

    Bata Wormhole

    Bata Wormhole

    02020HD

    Using a device known as an electronic stethoscope, musician Milford Graves is able to hear and record the different patterns produced by each...

    Bata Wormhole
  • 2021
    Graves in the Garden

    Graves in the Garden

    Graves in the Garden

    02021HD

    In the heat of the summer, in his backyard garden in Jamaica, Queens, Milford Graves sings to Ọsanyin, the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged...

    Graves in the Garden
  • 2024
    Prof at Home Painting

    Prof at Home Painting

    Prof at Home Painting

    02024HD

    In the months before he passed away, Milford Graves created the paintings that were displayed at the Fridman Gallery and Artists Space by vibrating...

    Prof at Home Painting
  • 2011
    Earthquake Clips

    Earthquake Clips

    Earthquake Clips

    02011HD

    On August 23, 2011, three days after Milford Graves’s seventieth birthday, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake cracked the soil near Mineral, Virginia....

    Earthquake Clips