Soul Power
The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
6.5
17 votes
2009
1h 33m
Documentary
Music
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.
Directed by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Top cast
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Bill Withers
Self (archive footage)
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Don King
Self (archive footage)
Manu Dibango
SelfL
Lola Love
SelfF
Franco Luombo
Self
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Celia Cruz
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)J
Johnny Pacheco
Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton
Self (archive footage)S
Sweet Charles Sherrill
Self (archive footage)
Debbie Sledge
Self (archive footage)
Joni Sledge
Self (archive footage)
Kim Sledge
Self (archive footage)
Kathy Sledge
Self (archive footage)T
Tomo Toro
Self (archive footage)S
Stewart Levine
SelfDetails
Status
Released
Release date
June 10, 2009
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
French, English
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