This movie is a selection from many hours of footage produced before and during the music festival that was to accompany "The Rumble in the Jungle" - the heavyweight championship fight between Ali and Foreman in '74. The festival was meant to bring the American soul，r&b，funk，blues musicians "back home" to Africa and give them the opportunity to perform alongside African stars, such as Miriam Makeba. The movie is centered on James Brown, the main star of the three-day festival. It is more about the event as such, its "technical" background, than about schoolbook history. Even then, it leaves a lot of ambiguities open for the viewers to see. We hear Ali comment on the peaceful life Zairians lead while American blacks are ever threatened by accidents or (white) hatred. But this peaceful life is controlled by the government that urges the people to love their dictator. Although this movie doesn't deal with the political tensions involved in this Zairian sojourn, the implications are there. One thing that some viewers might not like is that "Soul Power" leaves little room for the African artists, focusing instead on the American greats like Brown or B.B. King. Another is that it's so short - King has only one feature, Brown has no more than three. At the Berlin IFF (Berlinale), the director (or editor, as the movie is simply made up of footage produced over 30 years ago) explained that he couldn't afford more than he did; also, some of the performances at the festival were of lower quality. As it is, the songs that we hear in "Soul Power" are beautifully shot - and finely recorded. At any rate, this movie is worth watching. It's interesting and it's funny. Go see for yourself! (by jammasta-1 @imdb)
Mtime短评
AlexanderYU@@@2011-9-28 16:03:20@@@0@@@很棒的纪录片，喜欢黑人音乐的推荐。前面的准备稍显杂乱，主要是也不认识这些人，除了ali。后面的表演真禁不住跟着舞动起来，简单原始的节奏，不需要华丽的东西，就是简单随性。南非世界杯shakira的“waka waka”的根源好像也在里面。
Lynchlin@@@2018-1-7 13:06:21@@@0@@@70年代在黑非洲为了给拳王阿里比赛热身的一场音乐会，请了当时美国几个黑人artist。最出名当数james brown 和 bb king。骚动的funk还有ali的豪言壮语，还有非洲人民原生态生活
coldbreeze@@@2009-12-11 21:17:14@@@0@@@dame right! I'm somebody!
movingdust@@@2010-3-8 9:30:59@@@0@@@拳王阿里还真是个愤青，而且是很有两下子的愤青。 年轻时的B.B.King已然是Blind King相了。还是那个南非local女歌手的歌最动人。
Mtime长评
妖灵妖在上海@@@2010-4-6 11:05:00@@@灵歌势力Soul Power@@@0@@@黑人版伍德斯托克1974年10月30日，史上最伟大的拳击赛在扎伊尔金沙萨的Mai20体育场举行，对阵双方是阿里和乔治·福尔曼，这次拳击赛由经纪人唐金组织，他答应两位拳王的出场费为500万美元，但其实他并没有这笔钱，于是他在寻找赞助的过程中遇到了当时扎伊尔总统赛科，赛科希..全文@@@http://img2.mtime.cn/u/191/1012191/31991226-70fa-4606-98ae-7b2be0cdb86a/48X48.jpg
阿齐导演@@@2009-5-2 2:06:00@@@灵歌！灵歌！@@@0@@@灵歌 一. spiritual 北美黑人的宗教礼拜歌曲。内容大多反映黑人遭受残酷奴役、痛苦无告、只好把希望寄托在宗教上的悲惨处境。用英语演唱,其旋律朴素,多数为五声大调式（如《溜回去》、《没有人知道我的痛苦》、《下来，可爱的马车》）或七声小调式（如《去吧、摩西》..全文@@@http://img22.mtime.cn/up/2010/04/21/023900.57896729_48X48.jpg
剧情
上世纪七十年代,美国黑人群体兴起了一股寻根热潮,无论是文化界还是体育界都一头扎回非洲。don king选定了非洲国家扎伊尔作为穆罕默德·阿里与乔治·福尔曼世纪之战的战场。也在这时,一群当时风靡全美的音乐家也选择了这个国家的..
片长
argentina:93 分钟
australia:92 分钟
canada:93 分钟
usa:93 分钟
表演
詹姆斯·布朗/himself
don king/himself
celia cruz/herself
米尔娅姆·马科巴/herself
穆罕默德·阿里/himself
b.b. king/himself
豆瓣短评
GREEN1UP@@@2010-05-22@@@0@@@!!
Halah@@@2009-12-28@@@0@@@好棒 soul blues
salonbus@@@2010-01-21@@@0@@@哇呀哇呀啊非利加！
红糖豆包@@@2012-04-29@@@0@@@演唱会部分特别棒。中间Bill Withers的一段蓝调吉他弹唱太吸引人了。B B King的电吉他弹得太帅了。James Brown穿了一身开衩到肚脐的连身裤，在台上劈衩。。。拳王阿里也挺让人出乎意料的，说话特哲学特别有深度，还有那个深邃的眼神啊~~
马里安巴@@@2013-05-12@@@0@@@1974，happy音乐节。
豆瓣长评
妖灵妖@@@2010-04-06 11:09:38@@@黑人版伍德斯托克@@@7@@@这篇影评可能有剧透
1974年10月30日，史上最伟大的拳击赛在扎伊尔金沙萨的Mai 20体育场举行，对阵双方是阿里和乔治·福尔曼，这次拳击赛由经纪人唐金组织，他答应两位拳王的出场费为500万美元，但其实他并没有这笔钱，于是他在寻找赞助的过程中遇到了当时扎伊尔总统赛科，赛科希望这场比赛能在金... (展开)@@@https://movie.douban.com/review/3143035/@@@https://img1.doubanio.com/icon/u1511528-8.jpg
