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Right On!

HistoryDocumentaryMusic
7.3·1970·1h 18m

Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary C...

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Cast

Gylan Kain

Gylan Kain

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')

Felipe Luciano

Felipe Luciano

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')

David Nelson

David Nelson

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')

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Carlos Cuebas

Congas

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Gene Ballard

Drummer

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Gardenia Carter

Self

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Geoffrey King

Self

DIRECTOR

Herbert Danska

OVERVIEW

Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary Concept-East Poetry appearance at New York's Paperback Theater in 1969. Described as “a conspiracy of ritual, street theater, soul music and cinema."