Soul Power
“The greatest music festival that you have never seen.”
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974. The film was made from archival footage; other footage shot at the time focusing on the fight was edited to form the film When We Were Kings.
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James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The Blues Brothers
Rocky IV
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1974
The Groove Under the Groove
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Blues Brothers 2000
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Greatest
Freedom Road
Don King
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Head Office
Miami Vice
Manu Dibango
Self
Also in
Manu Dibango fête ses 80 ans à l'Olympia de Paris
Black Dju
Lola Love
Self
Franco Luombo
Self
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Come Back, Africa
Sarafina!
Celia Cruz
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Perez Family
The Soul Has No Color
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Alekesam
Blue Notes and Exiled Voices
Johnny Pacheco
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Celia Cruz & Friends: A Night of Salsa
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Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Director · Albert Maysles Cinematographer Paul Goldsmith Cinematographer
First release September 4, 2008 · Produced in United States · Languages English, French
Production
Antidote Films
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Canada · September 4, 2008
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
France
June 10, 2009 · Theatrical
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