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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
Directed by David Leaf
Documentary, Music · 1h 00m
On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cast
Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
M
Michael Ambrosino
Self
T
Tom Atkins
Self
C
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- David Leaf
- Writer
- Morgan Neville
- Director of Photography
- Nicola B. Marsh
- Editor
- Peter S. Lynch II
- Producer
- Morgan Neville, Arlene Wszalek, David Leaf, Eric Kulberg
Details
- Release date
- 2008-04-05
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- David Leaf Productions