DECEMBER: Black Power!

Date
17.12.15
Location
Exile Room
Entrance fee
Free

Shortly before Christmas, Exile Room strikes back with a pair of powerhouse screenings: two classic documentaries that revive the bombastic atmosphere surrounding the legendary “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa in 1974, combined with an intoxicating soul fiesta featuring the best of American R&B, including James Brown and B.B. King.

When We Were Kings

Date
17.12.15 @ 20:00
Location
Exile Room
  • Free
Date
17.12.15 @ 20:00
Location
Exile Room
  • Free
film
Director
Leon Gast
Country
USA
Duration
88'
Subtitles
English

Leon Gast’s now-classic film on the “Rumble in the Jungle” –Muhammad Ali’s triumphant 1974 Kinshasa fight against heavyweight champion George Foreman– is more than a sports documentary.

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Soul Power

Date
17.12.15 @ 21:40
Location
Exile Room
  • Free
Date
17.12.15 @ 21:40
Location
Exile Room
  • Free
film
Director
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Country
USA
Duration
92'
Subtitles
English

What happens when the top American R&B talent lands en masse in Zaire to stage a concert in honour of the biggest boxing event of all time, the Muhammad Ali–George Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle”? “Soul Power” is compiled entirely from footage shot in 1974 of this astonishing back-to-Africa 3-day music festival.

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