Right On!
If You're Ready For It - Right On. If Not - This Movie Could Mess Up Your Mind.
1970 | 78m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Herbert Danska |
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| 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." | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1970 |
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| Director: | Herbert Danska |
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| Keywords | poetry, ghetto, street theater, rooftop, rap, revolutionaries, african american, lower east side, black power, afro-latino, puerto rican, souls, old school rap, young lords, boricua, last poets |
| Production Companies | Concept East N.Y. |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Gylan Kain | Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets') |
| Felipe Luciano | Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets') |
| David Nelson | Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets') |
| Carlos Cuebas | Congas |
| Gene Ballard | Drummer |
| Gardenia Carter | Self |
| Geoffrey King | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Herbert Danska | Cinematography, Director |
| Joseph Zysman | Cinematography |
| Amin Chaudri | Cinematography |
| Name | Title |
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| Herbert Danska | Producer |
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