Zaire 74' Music Festival

Yeah, if there's one thing to say its that they could've made it longer and had a little more of the . It was a really well made summation of the tremendous effort involved in organizing and staging the show, and the impact people felt it had on their lives, from the performers and organizers down to the locals, but I could've easily watched another hour or more if I got to see more of each act.

I'll probably cop the DVD regardless, but I would love to spring for a deluxe multi-disc set of the complete run.

One more thing, anyone remember the name of the African performer, the dude who had the two dancers with him. Don't really know how else to describe it, pretty sure it was after Miriam, and it was real funky..
 
Google movie search is how i found the NY showings, but they don't seem to have any showings listed for Chicago (or Philly).

Hope this builds up some steam, the 7:45 Saturday screening I went to was almost sold out.
 
when i went to see it in may of last year, the guy who did when we were kings said that there was not a lot of footage of the concert that survived. he said that they only had 100 hours of footage...that may sound like a lot but in the film world that's nothing.

amir
 
from the exchange I saw at the Toronto Film Festival between Gast (dir. When We Were Kings) and Levy-Hinte (dir. Soul Power), there may be some clearance issues. Apparently the version they screened at TIFF was not fully cleared....so who know where all the extra footage stands in that regard.
 
hey miss, good to hear from you. kon and i maybe coming up there to t dot before the end of the summer....

amir
 
Hey There - I'll definitely look out for it! Maybe we can do a SoulStrut - Toronto Chapter dinner or clink glasses at the very least.
 
Do any of the Zairian musicians make an appearance? I read somewhere that Franco and Zaiko Langa Langa performed during the festival.