When We Were Kings - Trailer
Added: 17 Dec 2021
Contributor:
Dara Hogan
Resource type:
Audio / Video
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Primary Source
'When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship 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. It features archival footage of celebrities, including James Brown, B.B. King, and promoter Don King, in the lead-up to the fight and accompanying Zaire 74 music festival, alongside interview footage of Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser from the 1990s' - wikipedia
How it maps to the curriculum
- LCA
- English and Communications
Strand: 3. Communication in Media
Strand unit: 4. Film Studies
Suggestions for use: Useful as an introduction to the film. Allows for student choice. Many typical features of documentary films such as the use of archive footage, interviews, music. Potential transdisciplinary links with Active Leisure Studies, Music and Social Education.
