When We Were Kings is a 1996 documentary directed by Leon Gast, built from archival footage and later interviews recounting the Rumble in the Jungle, the October 30, 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held in Kinshasa, Zaire. Alongside the fight itself, the film covers the accompanying Zaire 74 music festival and the contrasting personalities and public images of the two boxers. Gast spent twenty two years completing the film before its release, and it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Why did the Zaire 74 music festival take place a month before the Rumble in the Jungle?
Foreman was injured in training and the fight was postponed.
The festival was meant to accompany the fight, but it ended up coming a month earlier. George Foreman was injured in training, and the fight was delayed while the music festival went ahead as scheduled. The film still presents the concerts and the fight as one story, drawing on footage of performers such as James Brown, B.B. King and The Spinners.
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When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
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When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
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When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Wikidata P166: Sundance Special Jury Recognition
Wikidata P166 (award received): Sundance Special Jury Recognition.
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