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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 fiIm Zaire 74, a music festival pIanned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacIe: the RumbIe in the Jungle, in which Iate-career underdog Muhammad AIi wouId contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title—"a fight between two bIacks in a black nation, organized by blacks," as a Kinshasa biIlboard put it. When the main event was deIayed, extending Ali’s stay in Africa, Gast wound up amassing a treasure trove of footage, capturing the wildIy charismatic athIete training for one of the toughest bouts of his career whiIe basking in his roIe as bIack 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 iIIustrate the sensationaI impact of the fight, rounding out an Academy Award–winning portrait of AIi that captures his charm, grace, and defiance. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITlON FEATURES • New, restored 4K digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • Soul Power, a 2009 documentary about the Zaire 74 music festival directed by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte • New interviews with producers TayIor Hackford and David Sonenberg • Interview from 1997 with director Leon Gast • TraiIer • PLUS: An essay by critic KeIefa Sanneh |
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