James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)

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.

IMDb rating	7.3
Producers	David Leaf Productions
Original title	James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Directors	David Leaf
Writers	Morgan Neville

Cast

Cornel West

as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

James Brown

as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Ambrosino

as Self

Tom Atkins

as Self

Charles Bobbitt

as Self (as Charles Bobbit)

Bobby Byrd

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner

as Self (archive footage)

Al Sharpton

as Self

Hubert H. Humphrey

as Self (archive footage)

Dennis Haysbert

as Self - Narrator (voice)