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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic76/100
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeffrey Kusama-HinteDirector
Cast
- James BrownSelf (archive footage)
- Bill WithersSelf (archive footage)
- B.B. KingSelf (archive footage)
- Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
- Don KingSelf (archive footage)
- Manu DibangoSelf
- Lola LoveSelf
- Franco LuomboSelf
- Miriam MakebaSelf (archive footage)
- Celia CruzSelf (archive footage)
- Hugh MasekelaSelf (archive footage)
- Johnny PachecoSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
transportermusic festivalzaire