Soul Power

Just came from a screening of Soul Power, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's documentary that captures the 1974 music festival in Kinshasa, Zaire booked to coincide with the heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman known as "The Rumble In The Jungle" that was chronicled in Leon Gast's 1996 movie When We Were Kings. All I'll say for now is that the doc, which features James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, The Spinners, Miriam Makeba, Celia Cruz & the Fania All-Stars and Congolese musicians Franco and Tabu Ley Rocherau, exceeded my high expectations.  The movie opens next Friday, look for a review in the Inky then. Here's the trailer.

Previously: Prepare Your Coffin