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Soul Power

The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
Documentary, Music - 2009
Soul Power
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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.
Director:
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Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Cast:
,
James Brown
,
B.B. King
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Muhammad Ali
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Don King
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Bill Withers

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Details

Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
10 Jun 2009
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Soul Power turns out to be an unusually resonant time capsule, one that weaves together theatrics, musicianship, cosmopolitanism and sharp political critique in a vibrant look-back that's at once celebratory and wistful.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
14 Aug 2009
fresh:
It's impossible not to be moved.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
13 Aug 2009
fresh:
It packs the emotional and historical power of a heady 'family gathering' celebration of African and, to use the term then in fashion, Afro-American pride.
– Dan DeLuca,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
30 Jul 2009
fresh:
Soul Power is the indispensable companion film to Leon Gast's thrilling 1996 documentary When We Were Kings.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
30 Jul 2009
fresh:
Watching the Godfather of Soul on the big outdoor stage, you think back to his appearance in The T.A.M.I. Show a decade earlier. And then you think: I feel good.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jul 2009
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