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Soul Power
“The greatest music festival that you have never seen.”
6.4 / 10• 2009• 1h 33m•NR• English
DocumentaryMusic
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Don King
Self (archive footage)
Manu Dibango
Self
LL
Lola Love
Self
FL
Franco Luombo
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Soul Power is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
