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The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
Unrated
TV Movie | 66 min | Documentary, Music

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The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)

Unrated

TV Movie | 66 min | Documentary, Music

The film documents that remarkable concert and the politics around it. Boston Mayor Kevin White and his colleagues almost by accident realized that by televising the James Brown concert they could keep people indoors that night prevent ...See moreThe film documents that remarkable concert and the politics around it. Boston Mayor Kevin White and his colleagues almost by accident realized that by televising the James Brown concert they could keep people indoors that night prevent widespread rioting. The film is almost testimony to the power of music in general and the power of James Brown's music in particular. The film is a tribute to the Godfather of Soul and the role he would come to play in working for civil rights. Written by Anonymous See less

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Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Michael Ambrosino Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Tom Atkins Self Self See fewer	James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, 1968 (1968)
Charles Bobbitt Self (as Charles Bobbit) Self (as Charles Bobbit) See fewer	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bobby Byrd Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tuxedo (2002)
James Byrd Self (as James 'Early' Byrd) Self (as James 'Early' Byrd) See fewer	The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cinderella (1950)
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Dick Flavin Self (as Richard Flavin) Self (as Richard Flavin) See fewer	American Masters (1985)
David Gates Self Self See fewer	The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
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Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
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Harry Reasoner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Reasoner Report (1973)
Al Sharpton Self Self See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
John Starks Self (as John 'Jab'o' Starks) Self (as John 'Jab'o' Starks) See fewer	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Clyde Stubblefield Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Superbad (2007)
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Kevin White Self Self See fewer	James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, 1968 (1968)
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