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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston poster

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston(2008)

GApril 5, 20081h

Documentary Music

66%User score 66 percent

User Score

5 votes

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.

Director: David Leaf
Writers: Morgan Neville

Top Billed Cast

Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)

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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008) | Watch Free Online Movies

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage)

Al Sharpton

Self

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Haysbert

Self - Narrator (voice)

Michael Ambrosino

Self

Tom Atkins

Self

Charles Bobbitt

Self (as Charles Bobbit)

Robert Hall

Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)

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Status: Released
Original title: James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Original language: English
Production: David Leaf Productions