Sun Ra: Do the Impossible (Trailer)

A cosmic journey through the life and work of the visionary jazz musician, bandleader and poet Sun Ra. The film is currently playing in film festivals abroad and now streaming on PBS Passport, Prime, and AppleTV in the US.

Directed & Produced by Christine Turner
Documentary | 2025 | Firelight Films in association with American Masters Pictures

Screenings & Events
IN-EDIT Chile - Santiago, Chile - December TBA
Imagine the Sound - Padova, Italy - December 6
Loft Jazz Festival - Shenzhen, China - October 25 (ASIAN PREMIERE)
Avant Art Festival - Poland - September 5, 16, 23
IN-EDIT Brasil - Salvador, Bahia - September 19
Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium - Ontario, Canada - September 10
A-Minor Jazz Festival - Halle, Germany - September 8
In-Edit Brasil - Sao Luiz de Paraitinga - September 6
SummerStage x Studio Museum of Harlem - August 23
Revelation Perth Film Festival - Perth, Australia - July 11 & 16
See the Sound - Cologne, Germany - July 17
The 418 Project - Santa Cruz, CA - June 19
In-Edit Brasil - Sao Paulo, Brazil - June 18, 20, 27 (LATIN AMERICAN PREMIERE)
Beat Film Festival - Moscow, Russia - June 11 & 12
Docs Ireland - Belfast, Ireland - June 11
Museum of Fine Arts: Jazz on Film - Houston, TX — June 6
Home Rule Music Festival - Washington, DC - June 5
DokStation - Bucharest, Romania- May 24
4 Star Theater - San Francisco, CA - May 23rd
ICA - London, UK - May 21st
Sidewalk Cinema - Birmingham, AL - May 20
Millennium Docs Against Gravity - Warsaw, Poland - May 8, 10, 12, 14, 17
IndieLisboa - Lisbon, Portugal - May 2 & 5, 2026
Rock this Town - Pau, France - April 30, 2026
The Roxie - San Francisco, CA - April 27, 2026
BADWest - Los Angeles, CA 2026 - April 28, 2026
Ashland Independent Film Festival - Ashland, OR - April 25 & 26, 2026
Alfreda’s Cinema x Sistas’ Place - Brooklyn, NY 2026 - April 24, 2026
FAME International Music Film Festival - Paris, France - April 24, 2026
Mana Contemporary - Chicago, IL - April 11, 2026
BAMPFA - Berkeley, CA - March 21, 2026
CPH:Dox - Copenhagen, Denmark - March 13, 15, 18, 2026
Green Mountain Film Festival - Montpelier, VT - March 14, 2026
Patois Film Festival - New Orleans, LA - March 12, 2026
See You Sound - Torino, Italy - March 7, 2026
Doc N’ Roll - Amsterdam, NL - March 6, 2026
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Missoula, MT - February 18, 2026
VIFF Centre - Vancouver, Canada - February 13-19, 2026
Billie Holiday Theater - Brooklyn, NY - February 11, 2026
New Jersey Film Festival - New Brunswick, NJ - January 30, 2026
WFMU @ Monty Hall - Jersey City, NJ - January 17, 2026
Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) - San Francisco, CA - January 8, 2026

2025
Mono Space - Portland, OR - December 4, 2025
Hollywood Theater - Portland, OR - November 18, 2025
Rokumentti Rock Film Festival - Joensuu, Finland - November 15, 2025
Soundwatch - Berlin, Germany - November 13, 2025
Maryland Film Festival - Baltimore, MD - November 8th, 2025
UNERHÖRT! Music Film Festival - Hamburg, Germany - October 31, 2025
IN-EDIT, Barcelona, Spain - October 25 & 29, 2025
Chicago International Film Festival - Chicago, IL - October 24 & 25, 2025
Melbourne International Jazz Festival - Australia - October 25, 2025 (OCEANIA PREMIERE)
WOMEX World Music Festival - Tempere, Finland - October 24, 2025
SIFF DocFest - Seattle, WA - October 23, 2025
Bergen International Film Festival - Norway - October 19-21 & 23, 2025
Skopje Jazz Festival - North Macedonia - October 18, 2025
Heartland Film Festival - Indianapolis, IN - October 11 & 18, 2025
Mill Valley Film Festival - Mill Valley & Berkeley, CA - October 4 & 11, 2025
Vancouver International Film Festival - Canada - October 3 & 10, 2025
Upstate Films - Saugerties, NY - September 22, 2025
Afrika Film Festival Köln - Cologne, Germany - September 22, 2025 (EUROPEAN PREMIERE)
Music Film Festival - Tilburg, Netherlands - September 21, 2025
Nashville Film Festival - Nashville, TN - September 21, 2025
2220 Arts - Los Angeles, CA - September 6, 2025
Montgomery Film Festival - Montgomery, AL - August 2, 2025
Pan African Film Festival - Austin, TX - August 2, 2025
BlackStar Film Festival - Philadelphia, PA - August 2, 2025
Guanajuato International Film Festival - Guanajuato & San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - July 27 & 31, 2025
Tribeca Film Festival - New York, NY (WORLD PREMIERE) - June 10, 11, 12 & 14, 2025