Alan Glover / Juice Quartet: Birth, Kimako's Casbah scene

Brief clip from Alan "Juice" Glover's film, "Birth" (1974), scene shot at Kimako (Baraka's) Casbah in Harlem. The group features Glover (alto saxophone), Ademola Olugebefola (cello), John Gittens (vibraphone), & Bobby Battle (drums). The DVD of this film is currently available for sale at 50 Miles of Elbow Room, details here: 50milesofelbowr...
"Artistically inspired by Luis Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou, Alan Glover’s film Birth(1974) surrealistically depicts the onset of cultural/political consciousness in a young African-American adult.
"This film was the direct result of Glover’s political activism, starting with the second March on Washington in 1968 & the Poor People’s Campaign/Resurrection City. The latter demonstration was to be headlined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until he was tragically assassinated before the march occurred. Alan Glover covered the march as an independent photographer with his older brother, Doug. The following year, Alan & Doug went to Jackson, Mississippi, under the auspices of the Poor People’s Corporation (PPC), as volunteer workers. Alan was a photographic consultant & 16mm motion film cameraman.
"It was a harrowing & sobering cultural experience for the politically naive 21-year-old Glover. Back in New York City, Alan & Doug joined the 1969 protest against construction of the Harlem State Office Building (now the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Building), dubbed 'Reclamation Site #1' by the state. This was taking place while Columbia University was also at odds with the Harlem community regarding its plans to build an elite gymnasium on property it owned in the neighborhood.
"It was through the conflict with Columbia that Alan, Doug, & their crew wrestled a 16mm camera & recorder rig as part of Columbia’s outreach effort to assuage the offended Harlemites.
"Not only did the crew - which included Arthur Omar Owens, Birth’s starring actor - negotiate for the film equipment, but they also bargained with Columbia personnel to act the parts of the racial antagonists in the film." -Omolade.
DVD includes original film (29 min.), alternative director’s commentary, & a historical discussion panel. Written & directed by Alan Glover. Starring A. Omar Owens, Earl Thomas, Barbara Barnes, Dick Leonard, Ayo Fenner, Stan Diamond, & Ademola Olugebefola. Photography by Alan Glover & Karma Stanley.