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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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.

CAST
Cornel WestSelf (as Dr. Cornel West)James BrownSelf (archive footage)Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
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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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GENRES
DocumentaryMusic
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
David Leaf Productions
RATING
6.6

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