Soul Power (2008)

Soul Power: Directed by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte. With Afrisa, Muhammad Ali, Fania All-Stars, Buddy Allen. A filmed account of the Zaire 74 soul music festival, originally intended to be in concert with the famous Rumble in the Jungle bout in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.

“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.”