Milford Graves

River of Fundament (2014)

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Barney
CAST:  Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle  •  Milford Graves  •  John Buffalo Mailer  •  Ellen Burstyn

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Barney
CAST:  Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle  •  Milford Graves  •  John Buffalo Mailer  •  Ellen Burstyn

Milford Graves Full Mantis (2018)

Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz percussionist’s singular voice and complex cosmology.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Meginsky  •  Neil Young
CAST:  Milford Graves

Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz percussionist’s singular voice and complex cosmology.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Meginsky  •  Neil Young
CAST:  Milford Graves

Graves in the Garden (2021)

A 16mm film by Jake Meginsky and Sarah Lanzillotta. Words, Drum, and Gongs by Milford Graves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Meginsky  •  Sarah Lanzillotta
CAST:  Milford Graves

A 16mm film by Jake Meginsky and Sarah Lanzillotta. Words, Drum, and Gongs by Milford Graves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Meginsky  •  Sarah Lanzillotta
CAST:  Milford Graves