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Funk music was a bold sound that perfectly encapsulated post-civil rights Black Pride. 'We Want The Funk!' tells the story of ...
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...
Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London discuss their new documentary We Want the Funk! on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.
And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...
This brisk 80-minute documentary is a wall-to-wall commemoration of a genre by the people who love it the most.
US aid staff and the people they work with describe the impact of cuts to USAID ...
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) is a worthy follow-up to the Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul, and examines the life and lasting legacy of Sly & The Family Stone. It was the ...
Greetings! It’s your friend and selector, Marlon, again. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s joyous, crisply edited and well ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar and Mick Fleetwood got together for dinner over the ...
We Want the Funk,” 9-10:30 p.m., PBS. “Music was our freedom,” Questlove says in this vibrant documentary. And most free of all was the funk sound. Rippling with great ...
‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, ...
We Want the Funk!” is airing under the Independent Lens umbrella at PBS. The documentary will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, ...