Movie Title : Soul Power Release Date : Jul 10, 2009 Wide Genre Movie :Musical & Performing Arts,Documentary
Mpaa Rating : PG-13
Actors :Muhammad Ali,The Crusaders,Celia Cruz,Franco,B.B. King,Miriam Makeba,The Spinners,Bill Withers,Don King,James Brown,Lloyd Price,Stewart Levine,Fania All-Stars,Big Black,J.B.'s,Tabu Ley
Presented in conjunction with the landmark "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match between famed pugilists Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, Zaire '74 was a three-day music festival in Kinshasa that was organized by South African musician Hugh Masekela and American record producer Stewart Levine, and featured performances by such famed musicians as James Brown, Bill Withers, and B.B. King, among others. Many of the American musicians performing at Zaire '74 had been emboldened by the American Civil Rights movement, and saw their journey to Africa as a unique opportunity not just to perform for a new set of enthusiastic fans, but to explore their roots as well. However, while the forward-thinking promoters of Zaire '74 hired a talented team of documentary filmmakers to capture everything from the setup to the performances to everyday life in Kinshasa, the project ran into trouble when the Liberian investment group that financed the festival and film ran into some rather serious legal disputes. For the next three decades, the remarkable footage would sit untouched and unedited -- a valuable sociohistorical artifact seemingly forgotten, and left to succumb to the ravages of time. Later, in 1996, the rights were settled in order to help facilitate the completion of When We Were Kings, an Academy Award-winning documentary focusing on the very same Ali/Foreman match that took place alongside the Zaire '74 music festival. Recognizing the need to assemble the neglected Zaire '74 footage while it was still possible, When We Were Kings editor Jeffrey Levy-Hinte made it his own personal mission to see the long gestating project through to completion. The result is not simply a concert film featuring some of the most popular African and American musicians of the era, but also a pure cinéma vérité glimpse into a time when the musical crossover between the two nations was just beginning to emerge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
You can watching Soul Power Full Movie Online From HERE
New Visitor Ranting & Critics For Soul Power
User Ranting Movie Soul Power : 3.5User Percentage For Soul Power : 70 %
User Count Like for Soul Power : 3,080
You can watching Soul Power Full Movie Online From HERE
Some New Trailer For Soul Power
New Review For Movie Soul Power
Soul Power turns out to be an unusually resonant time capsule, one that weaves together theatrics, musicianship, cosmopolitanism and sharp political critique in a vibrant look-back that's at once celebratory and wistful.Ann Hornaday-Washington Post
It packs the emotional and historical power of a heady 'family gathering' celebration of African and, to use the term then in fashion, Afro-American pride.
Dan DeLuca-Philadelphia Inquirer
Soul Power is the indispensable companion film to Leon Gast's thrilling 1996 documentary When We Were Kings.
Tom Keogh-Seattle Times
Watching the Godfather of Soul on the big outdoor stage, you think back to his appearance in The T.A.M.I. Show a decade earlier. And then you think: I feel good.
Michael Phillips-Chicago Tribune
A dazzling chronicle of the African American music expo that was meant to accompany the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight title bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Congo).
Greg Quill-Toronto Star
A non-stop head-bobbing knee-bouncer.
James Adams-Globe and Mail
Soul Power is a window into a time when anything seemed possible.
Kelly Vance-East Bay Express
B.B. King. Bill Withers. Miriam Makeba. Celia Cruz. And James Brown, earning every inch of the title, "Godfather of Soul," who all by himself probably deforested a few acres around Kinshasa with the volcanic blast of his set.
Rob Thomas-Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Does its part to widen this historic concert's potential audience base.
Sean O'Connell-Charlotte Weekly
Watching Soul Power is like flipping through Polaroids of that era. The color is a little washed out and everyone looks amazingly young.
Michele Kenner-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It's hard not to wish that maybe there was a little less of Muhammad Ali promoting himself and a little more of the concert.
Ken Hanke-Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
...if you are a fan of any of the musicians ... or maybe I should say if you're completely unfamiliar with any of the musicians mentioned - then Soul Power is well worth seeing. Or at least hearing.
Philip Martin-Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
For a documentary about a music festival, Soul Power doesn't include nearly enough music.
Chris Kaltenbach-Baltimore Sun
The movie is surprisingly dry and flavorless. It certainly doesn't help that filmmaker Jeffrey Levy-Hinte put this collection of footage together without any narration and with a bare minimum of narrative captions.
Jeff Vice-Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The performances are fine, but this feels like a companion piece to 'When We Were Kings' rather than a work that can stand on its own...
John Beifuss-Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Soul Power leaves you wanting more, and not in a good way.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)-St. Paul Pioneer Press
It's best seen as a breezy entertainment and a reminder of how potent some of these performers -- many of whom are dead -- were in their primes.
Shawn Levy-Oregonian
It's impossible not to be moved.
Joe Williams-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ultimately it's the music that makes this film a cause for celebration -- especially the chance to see 'Soul Brother #1' James Brown and his blistering band perform at their absolute prime.
Jonathan Takiff-Philadelphia Daily News
A footnote to a masterpiece.
Sean Burns-Philadelphia Weekly
New Movie Images Soul Power
Movie Overview For Soul Power
A documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.TagLine Soul Power The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
0 comments:
Post a Comment