Soul Power 2008 123movies

Watch: Soul Power 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1974, music producers, Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine worked with the boxing promoter, Don King, to create a music festival in Africa to run concurrently with his championship boxing match he arranged with Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, aka “The Rumble in the Jungle,” in Kinshasa, Zaire. However, due to an unforeseen delay due to Foreman injuring himself in training, it was decided that the music festival must still go on as scheduled. This film covers the preparation of that festival with both stage construction and the arrival of the participating musicians. When all is ready, the people of Zaire got to experience a musical event that Africa had never seen before with great African-American and local artists performing with verve and purpose, with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, just the biggest star of this musical extravaganza..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 897
	84% | RottenTomatoes
	76/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 13 Popularity: 4.977 | TMDB

Reviews:

nice piece of history
This movie is a selection from many hours of footage produced before and during the music festival that was to accompany “The Rumble in the Jungle” – the heavyweight championship fight between Ali and Foreman in ’74. The festival was meant to bring the American soul/r&b/funk/blues musicians “back home” to Africa and give them the opportunity to perform alongside African stars, such as Miriam Makeba. The movie is centered on James Brown, the main star of the three-day festival. It is more about the event as such, its “technical” background, than about schoolbook history. Even then, it leaves a lot of ambiguities open for the viewers to see. We hear Ali comment on the peaceful life Zairians lead while American blacks are ever threatened by accidents or (white) hatred. But this peaceful life is controlled by the government that urges the people to love their dictator. Although this movie doesn’t deal with the political tensions involved in this Zairian sojourn, the implications are there. One thing that some viewers might not like is that “Soul Power” leaves little room for the African artists, focusing instead on the American greats like Brown or B.B. King. Another is that it’s so short – King has only one feature, Brown has no more than three. At the Berlin IFF (Berlinale), the director (or editor, as the movie is simply made up of footage produced over 30 years ago) explained that he couldn’t afford more than he did; also, some of the performances at the festival were of lower quality. As it is, the songs that we hear in “Soul Power” are beautifully shot – and finely recorded. At any rate, this movie is worth watching. It’s interesting and it’s funny. Go see for yourself!

A Time to Rumble in the Jungle!
In 1974, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali had a fight in the jungle in Africa. They also decided to schedule a music festival too six weeks before the actual event. The top performers like Celia Cruz, James Brown, the Spinners, Bill Withers, Sister Sledge and others performed on stage. This documentary covers how they set up the concert. Most people are unaware of this event actually happened except for the actual boxing match. The documentary is a bit uneven at times without a narrator. They all seemed like to have a lot of fun though and it was an adventure of a lifetime.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Documentary, Music
Director Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Writer Stewart Levine
Actors Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Don King
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Eastman Color Negative 7247)
Cinematographic Process 16mm
Printed Film Format N/A