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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

6.6/10

April 5, 2008

60 minutes

David Leaf

Documentary Music

Overview

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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Movie Details

Release Date

April 5, 2008

Runtime

60 minutes

Director

David Leaf

Rating

6.6/10

Production Companies

David Leaf Productions

Cast

Cornel West

Cornel West

Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

James Brown

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

Michael Ambrosino

Self

Tom Atkins

Self

Charles Bobbitt

Self (as Charles Bobbit)

Bobby Byrd

Bobby Byrd

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage)

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

Self

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Self - Narrator (voice)

Robert Hall

Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)