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Soul Power

  • Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park 18 Mount Morris Park West New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)
Jeffery Kusama-Hinte, 2008, 93 min.

Jeffery Kusama-Hinte, 2008, 93 min.

Soul Power will screen at the Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park on September 19, presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo and Tabilulu Productions.

SOUL POWER is a backstage pass to one of the most extraordinary concert events ever filmed. Featuring musical legends B.B. King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz and a host of others, Soul Power documents the three-night Zaire '74 music festival planned to coincide with the now-legendary and epic "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Much more than a concert film, Soul Power provides a dynamic fly-on-the-wall look into turbulent proceedings, with on-the-spot commentary from the musicians themselves, concert organizers Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, Muhammad Ali and boxing promoter extraordinaire Don King, Soul Power will leave you breathless.

Music by Nkumu Katalay and Alain Nkossi Konda at 6:30pm

Film begins at 7:30pm

This event is FREE, outside and open to the public