Soul Power
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte / US, CD, 2008 / 92 min.
Africadelic selected the documentary film Soul Power for Eye’s Black Light programme, featuring legendary performances by James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba en and Cruz.
Soul Power is a documentary film about the famous three-day concert that took place in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974. The finest African American rhythm & blues and soul artists and South African bands performed at the event, which accompanied the legendary ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
For this documentary, musician Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine worked together with boxing promoter Don King. Screening of the 35mm print from Eye’s collection.
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Director
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
Production year
2008
Country
US, CD
Original title
Soul Power
Length
92 min.
Language
English, French
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Black Light
Black Light highlights the representation of black identity in films, from 1920 to the present.
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