The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2014•1h 0m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryMusic
A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice White and his Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Kool & The Gang and lots more. It tells the story of black American music and how it evolved from funk to more main stream to disco to hiphop to contemporary R 'n B and its impact on society. Music and live footage from the bands, interviews with artists and band members of Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton and lots more.
Director
James Hale
Languages
English
Cast
George Clinton
Sly Stone
James Brown
Fred Wesley
Soweto Kinch
Narrator
Larry Blackmon
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