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.
Cast
Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino
Self
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)
Crew
David Leaf
Director, Producer
Morgan Neville
Writer, Producer
Peter S. Lynch II
Editor
Nicola B. Marsh
Director of Photography
Jeff Olde
Executive Producer
Shelly Tatro
Executive Producer
Brad Abramson
Executive Producer
Toby Byron
Executive Producer
Eric Kulberg
Producer
Arlene Wszalek
Producer
Brenna Sanchez
Associate Producer
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