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Korla (2015)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Korla (2015)

78 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Korla is a documentary about a television pioneer, a spiritual seeker, and the godfather of exotica music, organist Korla Pandit. This is also a story that mixes Hollywood in the 1950's with racial reinvention, as it looks at the career of...See moreKorla is a documentary about a television pioneer, a spiritual seeker, and the godfather of exotica music, organist Korla Pandit. This is also a story that mixes Hollywood in the 1950's with racial reinvention, as it looks at the career of Korla Pandit, who successfully passed as an Indian from New Delhi, when in fact he was the son of an African American minister from Columbia, Missouri. The film covers the arc of Korla's career, from having his own music show on television in the 1950's to years later where he developed a cut following playing tiki bars and lounges. The secret of his true identity, he carried to his grave and was revealed only after his death in 1998. See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Korla Pandit Self Self See fewer	Ed Wood (1994)
Scott Alexander Self Self See fewer	The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Harry Edwards Self Self See fewer	High Flying Bird (2019)
Ben Fong Torres Self Self See fewer	Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022)
Booker T. Jones Self Self See fewer	Repo Men (2010)
Marty Pasetta Self Self See fewer	Burnett Discovers Domingo (1984)
Carlos Santana Self Self See fewer	La Bamba (1987)
R.J. Smith Self Self See fewer	Korla (2015)
Sir Charles Thompson Self Self See fewer	High Fidelity (2000)