A. O. Scott, The New York Times: “A partial list, in alphabetical order, of the reasons to see SOUL POWER might go as follows: James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, B. B. King, Miriam Makeba, the Spinners and Bill Withers. A partial list, as I say, of performers captured with remarkable sonic brilliance and visual immediacy on an outdoor stage in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Congo), in 1974. This is an extravagantly entertaining documentary, assembled by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte from a trove of hundreds of hours of footage captured by some of the world’s finest cinéma vérité camera operators some 35 years ago.” Sponsored by Figrig Web Crafters. 96 minutes. Director interview
Category: 2010 Films & Events
