James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
65 %|Apr 5, 2008|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.
Featured Crew
David Leaf
Director
Morgan Neville
Writer
Morgan Neville
Producer
Nicola Marsh
Director of Photography
Peter S. Lynch II
Editor
Arlene Wszalek
Producer
Shelly Tatro
Executive Producer
Brenna Sanchez
Associate Producer
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Cast
Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Tom Atkins
Self
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Al Sharpton
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert
Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert Hall
Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)