James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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

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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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  • Release Date: 2008-04-05
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Director: David Leaf

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    • Cast

    • Cornel West

      Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

    • James Brown

      Self (archive footage)

    • Muhammad Ali

      Self (archive footage)

    • Michael Ambrosino

      Self

    • Tom Atkins

      Self

    • Charles Bobbitt

      Self (as Charles Bobbit)

    • Bobby Byrd

      Self (archive footage)

    • 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)

    • Robert Hall

      Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)