CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 33m

Soul Power

The greatest music festival that you have never seen.

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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.

Directed byJeffrey Kusama-Hinte

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
EN
Released
June 10, 2009
Studios
Antidote Films

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2 videos
Soul Power (2008) Original Trailer [FHD]

Soul Power (2008) Original Trailer [FHD]

Soul Power - Trailer (HD)

Soul Power - Trailer (HD)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
James Brown

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Bill Withers

Bill Withers

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

Don King

Don King

Self (archive footage)

Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango

Self

Lola Love

Self

Franco Luombo

Self

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Self (archive footage)

Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Produced by
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
David Sonenberg

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