Rashied Ali

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Moki and Don Cherry met in the mid-1960s and soon began collaborating closely. They made happenings, music, art, posters, and record sleeves; they performed together, organized workshops, and toured. The film merges the different worlds they lived in – countryside and city life, and the various disciplines that were interwoven in their artistic practices.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Self

In this intimate portrait—produced for a segment of National Education Television's "Black Journal" television program—legendary jazz musician Alice Coltrane plays the harp and discusses her thoughts on music, spirituality, family, and the legacy of her late husband, John Coltrane.

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Off The Road (directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet): Peter Kowald on the road in the US, a road movie.

Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Himself

This film is a documentary composition of new jazz, New York as the city that generates it, and the musicians playing it. The thoughts of the saxophonist Charles Gayle and the bass players William Parker and Peter Kowald from Germany accompany the film. Shot on 16 mm, this film remains one of a kind until today. Some of the recorded musicians have passed away - their spirits live on.

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • as Himself

The World According to John Coltrane is a documentary film about saxophonist John Coltrane

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

An evocation of jazz through photographs, words and music. Music by Johnny Griffin Quintet with Jon Hendricks and the voices of Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Jo Jones, Sonny Murray, Eddie Gomez, Bill Evans. Jazz poems by Langston Hughes and Ted Joans.