Where to Watch Jackie McLean on Mars (1980)

Fancy watching 'Jackie McLean on Mars' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Kenneth Levis-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Jackie McLean on Mars' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Jackie McLean on Mars' right now, here are some particulars about the documentary flick.

Released January 1st, 1980, 'Jackie McLean on Mars' stars Jackie McLean, Woody Shaw The movie has a runtime of about 32 min, and received a user score of 30 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1 respected users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Jackie McLean is a true jazz master and one of the few true authorities of the bebop era still in business but at the time of this film his main gig was teaching at Hartford Hartford seems to have had a lowprofile and lowbudget jazz department and the same goes for this film which clocks in at just over half an hour and barely scratches the surface of the subject matter Still what is here is engaging and a surprisingly candid portrait McLean is shown practicing in his apartment and briefly playing with his quintet but most of the running time is spent at Hartford in the classroom and what classes they must have been McLeans streamofconsciousness lectures run from Sun Ra to JFKs assassination to how he learned Giant Steps and the students try their best to keep up A fascinating glimpse into the mind of a jazz musician" .