Finding the Funk
2014 | 78m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Nelson George |
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| Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then to Dayton the birthplace of so many of Funk's originators, then onto Detroit where from the ashes of Motown, P-Funk's Mothership arose, and then to LA where a new crop of musicians are creating their own Funk history. On our journey into Funk, we talk to legends Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Arrington and their descendants Mike D, D'Angelo, Sheila E, Shock G and Sade's Stuart Matthewman. Narrated by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson of the Roots. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 31, 2014 |
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| Director: | Nelson George |
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| Genres: | Music, Documentary |
| Keywords | 1970s, rhythm and blues (r&b), vinyl record, funk, sweat, 1960s, funk music, soul music, african american, party, groove, black music, break beats, wah wah, body odor |
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Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Questlove | Self |
| James Brown | Self |
| George Clinton | Self |
| Bootsy Collins | Self |
| Sly Stone | Himself |
| Nile Rodgers | Self |
| D'Angelo | Himself |
| Bernie Worrell | Self |
| Michael Diamond | Himself |
| Sheila E. | Herself |
| Arthur Baker | Himself |
| James Mtume | Himself |
| Shock G | Himself |
| Vernon Reid | Himself |
| Steve Arrington | |
| Nona Hendryx |
| Name | Job |
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| Cliff Charles | Director of Photography |
| Nelson George | Director |
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