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Has anyone seen Soul Power the documentary, fascinating film, watched this last night,basically it was a music festival backdrop for the Kinshasa (Zaire) 'Rumble InThe Jungle' Heavyweight world title fight between Ali and Foreman, some brilliant footage including James Brown, Bill Withers, BB King, The Spinners,Celia Cruz and the Fania All Stars and others. It was all staged in Kinshasha for a 3 day festival, the film footage remained in the vaults for over 30 years, besides the obvious Soul musical performances, it is just a great piece of cinema, I have now got to get myself one of the 'Zaire 74' t-shirts wow, e-bay here I come………………….

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footnote...........i just got the t-shirt.....

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I saw it at the cinema and it can recommend it. The film is dominated by the presence James Brown and Mohammed Ali. The local acts are ones obviously picked by the tourist board and are more french influenced than funk. The Latin acts are brilliant and one can't say you've lived till you've seen the Spinners in all their finery on a sixty foot screen.

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Has anyone seen Soul Power the documentary, fascinating film, watched this last night,basically it was a music festival backdrop for the Kinshasa (Zaire) 'Rumble InThe Jungle' Heavyweight world title fight between Ali and Foreman, some brilliant footage including James Brown, Bill Withers, BB King, The Spinners,Celia Cruz and the Fania All Stars and others. It was all staged in Kinshasha  for a 3 day festival, the film footage remained in the vaults for over 30 years, besides the obvious Soul musical performances, it is just a great piece of cinema, I have now got to get myself one of the 'Zaire 74' t-shirts wow, e-bay here I come......................

Brett F

footnote...........i just got the t-shirt.....

ah but have you read the book? lolololol

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I think Soul Power is currently showing on Sky Anytime.

It was, but it's finished now.

The Spinners stood out for me, along with the Fania All-Stars and Celia Cruz.

Can anyone name the funk-ish track that the Spinners performed? It was only a short clip and looked like they were warming up back-stage. The vocals were awesome.

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It was, but it's finished now.

The Spinners stood out for me, along with the Fania All-Stars and Celia Cruz.

Can anyone name the funk-ish track that the Spinners performed? It was only a short clip and looked like they were warming up back-stage. The vocals were awesome.

Well it waas definitely on last night!

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hatsoff2.gifthumbup.gifTHIS IS THE BEST FILM TO SEE, AND IS RECOMENDED BY ME....OLD MUCKER THEBUSHDOCTOR! IF YOU DONT KNOW IT THIS WIL NOT DISAPIONT, TRUE DOCUMENTRY ON THE WORLDS #1 BLUES RECORD COLLECTOR thumbup.gif RECOMENDED MUST HAVE DVDboxing.gif

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Has anyone seen Soul Power the documentary, fascinating film, watched this last night,basically it was a music festival backdrop for the Kinshasa (Zaire) 'Rumble InThe Jungle' Heavyweight world title fight between Ali and Foreman, some brilliant footage including James Brown, Bill Withers, BB King, The Spinners,Celia Cruz and the Fania All Stars and others. It was all staged in Kinshasha for a 3 day festival, the film footage remained in the vaults for over 30 years, besides the obvious Soul musical performances, it is just a great piece of cinema, I have now got to get myself one of the 'Zaire 74' t-shirts wow, e-bay here I come......................

Brett F

footnote...........i just got the t-shirt.....

I just missed out at the Cinema, my girlfriend didn't and i intend to nick her T-Shirt as soon as possible!wicked.gif

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hatsoff2.gifthumbup.gifTHIS IS THE BEST FILM TO SEE, AND IS RECOMENDED BY ME....OLD MUCKER THEBUSHDOCTOR! IF YOU DONT KNOW IT THIS WIL NOT DISAPIONT, TRUE DOCUMENTRY ON THE WORLDS #1 BLUES RECORD COLLECTOR thumbup.gif RECOMENDED MUST HAVE DVDboxing.gif

ph34r.gif DAVE KILWORTH #1 DVD 2008/9

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You're rigt D, this film deserves a thread in itself : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5skAQvJ4RQ

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