Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
2021•R•1h 9m•6.4•Released
DocumentaryMusic
In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.
Director
Jodi Gomes
Languages
English
Studio
The New York Times
Cast
Janet Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Justin Timberlake
Self (archive footage)
Tito Jackson
Self
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Self
Marc Lamont Hill
Self
Cathy Hughes
Self
Michael Musto
Self
Alan Light
Self
Paul Tagliabue
Self
TJ Jackson
Self
Taj Jackson
Self
Touré
Self
Production
Company
The New York Times
Company
Left/Right
Producer
Jodi Gomes
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