Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk (2014)


  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2014-01-31
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Nelson George
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Summary

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.

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  • Questlove

    as Self
  • James Brown

    as Self
  • George Clinton

    as Self
  • Bootsy Collins

    as Self
  • Sly Stone

    as Himself
  • Nile Rodgers

    as Self
  • D'Angelo

    as Himself
  • Bernie Worrell

    as Self
  • Michael Diamond

    as Himself
  • Sheila E.

    as Herself
  • Arthur Baker

    as Himself
  • James Mtume

    as Himself
  • Shock G

    as Himself
  • Vernon Reid

    as Himself
  • Steve Arrington

    as
  • Nona Hendryx

    as
Directing Nelson George Director
Camera Cliff Charles Director of Photography

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