"When We Were Kings" is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast. The film is about the historic "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight boxing championship match held on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The event featured the fight between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali. The documentary includes archival footage of the fight, the Zaire 74 music festival, and interviews with notable figures such as James Brown, B.B. King, Don King, and commentators like Norman Mailer and Spike Lee. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1996.
