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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.

Top Cast

  • 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

    Lola Love

    Self

  • Franco Luombo

    Franco Luombo

    Self

  • Miriam Makeba

    Miriam Makeba

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

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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