AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS 2009 : WHEN WE WERE KINGS

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WHEN WE WERE KINGS

Leon Gast 1996

Categories: Feature Film, Special Program, Special Retrospective

1 picture

Run time: 96 min. | USA

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In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman traveled to Zaire for the “Rumble in the Jungle.” Leon Gast filmed both the fight and a music festival organized by promoter Don King. Gast’s footage was shelved for 22 years, but he released the completed film, WHEN WE WERE KINGS in 1996. This is a fascinating film that documents one of the greatest sporting and cultural events in recent history.

Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. Filmmaker Leon Gast in attendance.

Be sure to catch the ‘Master Class: Dialogue on Directing’ with Leon Gast and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte (filmmaker, SOUL POWER) on 6/19 at noon. See MASTER CLASS: DIRECTING.

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