Soul power [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Antidote International Films Inc. and DASFilms Ltd. ; directed by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte ; produced by David Sonenberg & Leon Gast.
Title from container. Performers include: The Spinners, B.B. King, Celia Cruz, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, The Crusaders, Big Black, James Brown and Sister Sledge. Special features: deleted scenes and commentary with director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte & festival promoter Stewart Levine ; Blu-ray exclusive: 'Movie-IQ', featuring the "Soul" playist: BD-Live connects viewers to access real-time information on the cast, music trivia, and more while watching the movie; also includes interactive playlist.
Summary:
In 1974 the most celebrated American R & B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Southern Africa for a 12-hour, three-night concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. The music festival became a reality when Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with the 'Rumble in the Jungle, ' the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
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