James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Release: 2008-04-05
·Runtime: 60m
·★ 6.6
Documentary
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
David Leaf Productions
Cast
Cornel West
as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
Bobby Byrd
as Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
as Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Al Sharpton
as Self
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
as Self (archive footage)
