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Soul Power (2008)

The greatest music festival that you have never seen.

Genre : Documentary, Music

Runtime : 1H 33M

Director : Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte

Synopsis

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.

Actors

James Brown
James Brown
Himself (archive footage)
Bill Withers
Bill Withers
Himself (archive footage)
B. B. King
B. B. King
Himself (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Himself (archive footage)
Don King
Don King
Himself (archive footage)
Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango
Himself
Lola Love
Lola Love
Herself
Franco Luombo
Franco Luombo
Himself
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
Johnny Pacheco
Johnny Pacheco
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
Sweet Charles Sherrill
Sweet Charles Sherrill
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge
Debbie Sledge
Debbie Sledge
Joni Sledge
Joni Sledge
Kim Sledge
Kim Sledge
Kathy Sledge
Kathy Sledge
Tomo Toro
Tomo Toro
Stewart Levine
Stewart Levine
Self

Crews

Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Director
Leon Gast
Leon Gast
Producer
David Sonenberg
David Sonenberg
Producer
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Producer
Stewart Levine
Stewart Levine
Original Concept
Paul Goldsmith
Paul Goldsmith
Cinematography
Kevin Keating
Kevin Keating
Cinematography
Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles
Cinematography
Roderick Young
Roderick Young
Cinematography
David A. Smith
David A. Smith
Editor
Michael F. Barrow
Michael F. Barrow
Gaffer

Trailers and other movies

Soul Power - Trailer (HD)

Posters and backgrounds

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