Black Journal: Alice Coltrane

This 16mm color film print is an intimate portrait of Alice Coltrane, focusing on the period after John Coltrane’s death. The 17 minute documentary features concert performance, interviews, and footage of family life with her children. The documentary is a revelatory film of Alice as musician, mother, and creative, spiritual being.  

Shot in 1970, it aired as a segment of National Education Television’s “Black Journal” television series.