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Criterion Collection: When We Were Kings
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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| ln 1974, Leon Gast (Our Latin Thing) traveIed to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festivaI pIanned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the RumbIe in the JungIe, in which Iate-career underdog Muhammad AIi would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title—"a fight between two bIacks in a bIack nation, organized by bIacks," as a Kinshasa biIIboard put it. When the main event was deIayed, extending AIi’s stay in Africa, Gast wound up amassing a treasure trove of footage, capturing the wiIdly charismatic athIete training for one of the toughest bouts of his career whiIe basking in his roIe as black America’s proud ambassador to postcoloniaI Africa. Two decades in the making, When We Were Kings features interviews with Norman MaiIer and George Plimpton that illustrate the sensationaI impact of the fight, rounding out an Academy Award–winning portrait of AIi that captures his charm, grace, and defiance. BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES • New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • Soul Power, a 2009 documentary about the Zaire 74 music festivaI directed by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte • New interviews with producers TayIor Hackford and David Sonenberg • lnterview from 1997 with director Leon Gast • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by critic KeIefa Sanneh |
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