James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston backdrop
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston poster
Trailer
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
6.6
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1h 0m
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2008
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Released
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.

Cast
Cornel West poster
Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown poster
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali poster
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino poster
Michael Ambrosino
Self
Tom Atkins poster
Tom Atkins
Self
Charles Bobbitt poster
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd poster
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. poster
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King poster
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy poster
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson poster
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon poster
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner poster
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Al Sharpton poster
Al Sharpton
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey poster
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert poster
Dennis Haysbert
Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert Hall poster
Robert Hall
Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)

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