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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008
Directed byDavid Leaf
1h 0m

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.

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Cornel WestSelf (as Dr. Cornel West)James BrownSelf (archive footage)Muhammad Ali
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Self (archive footage)
Michael AmbrosinoSelf
Tom AtkinsSelf
Charles BobbittSelf (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby ByrdSelf (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott KingSelf (archive footage)
Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
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DocumentaryMusic
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.6

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