The Case of the Three Sided Dream

The story of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from being a blind baby to a child prodigy, a visionary adult, a political activist, and finally a paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force that played literally until the day of his death.

"His only reality was sound." As a boy, he drastically cut a hose and made a trumpet out of it. This is the incredible journey of a blind boy who goes to New York to play jazz, and turns out to do it like no one else. Yes, it's Rahsaan Roland Kirk, genius, dreamer activist, funny and stubborn fighter of avant-garde jazz. Stunning animation fragments (very 70s TV style) and extensive musical pieces of the era profile a man who "knew the physics of sound". You'll see him attacking a "Mood Indigo" on BBC in 1964, with three saxophones (at the same time!) and a garnish clarinet. You'll see him affirming his intentions ("I do everything for a reason. Nothing I do is a trick. It's what I feel") and going to war, demanding more programs of "black classical music" (he meant jazz, of course), disrupting others by giving whistles to the audience. This is a work about courage, and also about the power of dreams, punctuated by countless extended fragments and complete pieces. Very important.