Pointer

They gonna pitch your wang dang doodle, but only for about 40 minutes here. Normally, that's aplenty, but unfortunately the sound on this supposedly 5.1 Dolby Digital disc, via an original two-track mix, is sadly muddy. The Sisters seem to be at their fine, hot, energetic best, but nothing can overcome the annoying echoes and lack of definition in the sound. The 1974 concert in Africa was put on to celebrate black sports and music on the occasion of the Foreman-Ali fight in Zaire. The film was shot by Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), who forgoes shots of the audience and keeps his cameras in close on the performers possibly more than he should, since establishing shots of the stage and crowds would have contributed more of a sense of the concert experience. Poor acoustics, dull visuals, a mere 40 minutes when we would have preferred to pitch it all night long--now we just want to pitch it. --Jim Gay