James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
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.
- Released
- 2008-04-05
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- David Leaf
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Cornel West as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
- James Brown as Self (archive footage)
- Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Ambrosino as Self
- Tom Atkins as Self
- Charles Bobbitt as Self (as Charles Bobbit)
- Bobby Byrd as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Coretta Scott King as Self (archive footage)
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
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