When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings directed by Leon Gast is a docudrama about the bagger Muhammad Ali and the culture of black pile. The medicament is use as one of the panaches to fork out information for the audience about what is possibility within the study. The music helps the audience evidence what it was like back in the 1970s. It too shows African-American singers and how they are noble-minded of their hereditary pattern like BB King and James brown. The music also functions as a type to get information across, for example The Succubus. The documentary songs relate to the theme of racial relationships and African-American identity. Setting The film is set in the 1970s within Zaire, Africa when Mo exclusivelyu Sese Seko was in charge. It shows that the colonisation life is very poor and displace as it was a 2nd dry land country because it was still developing. There were ability struggles e. g. Belgian Congo and also Mobutu was pitiless as he killed 10% of the criminals in Z aire. Even though this was all occurrence within the country the muckle of Africa were proud to be African.They showed this through the 3 daytime musical festival, where they had there traditional sing and dancing. The film shows footages of the African children and women dancing to the bugger off of the tympan in their traditional clothing. During the 1970s it was an diss to call African-American nation African, but when Muhammad Ali came to Africa he saw how African hatful were proud of their heritage and that Africans and Americans shared uniform loves for things like music.Ali accordingly realised he should be glad to be African and apart of this exciting novel way of life. The documentary depicts Ali to be the admirer in Zaire as he is seen as someone standing up for the African people. Similarities between Africans and African-Americans African-American people were seen unequal to neat people. Their social office was seen as unworthy and below the standards of uninfected people. The musical behaveances, from James Browns screaming, soul singing and dancing, to B. B. Kings sweat, smooth strumming on the Lucille, inspired both the Africans and Americans who travelled there. The music united and influenced the people within Zaire to watch the turn on between Muhammad Ali and George old-timer. Muhammad Ali started to realise that black and white people arent much distinguishable, they interest and love similar things such as education and music, specifically, the drums. The drums provided a sense of intercourse and rhythm between the two different cultures.The drum was the oldest instrument that the Africans used and this instant the African-American singers like James Brown uses it in his songs. it in his songs. Miriam Makeba Mama Africa Throught-out the film Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) is singing the song Am Am Pondo. This is used to symbolise Succubus. Succubus is a women who has sexual intercourse with men in their sleep, unti l the tire out. This symbol was used since this is how Ali won agaist Foreman, as he let Foreman hit him until he became exhausted and wherefore he striked with one punched and knocked him out.George Plimpton tells the story of the delight doctor who predicted that a women with trembling manpower or a succubus in Zaire would take hold of George chief and that he would not win the incase match as the succubus get out take all his strength and then bring Ali to victory. The filmmakers illustrate this by having Miriam Makeba perform the succubus. Everytime Foreman was shown on the documenty Miriam Makeba would be singing Am Am Pondo in the backgroud to shew the Foreman does not belong in Africa and that he will get caught in Africas trap or be cursed by a feminine Succubus. African children and women dancing to the beat of the drum in their traditional clothing. During the 1970s it was an insult to call African-American people African, but when Muhammad Ali came to Africa he s aw how African people were proud of their heritage and that Africans and Americans shared similar loves for things like music. Ali then realised he should be glad to be African and apart of this exciting new way of life. The documentary depicts Ali to be the Hero in Zaire as he is seen as someone standing up for the African people. The film is he