We Want the Funk!
2025•1h 30m•6.3/10
DocumentaryMusic
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.3/10(17)
Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.
Production
Firelight Films, ITVS, PBS, BBC, ARTE GEIE
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
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Cast
Nona Hendryx
Self
Questlove
Self
George Clinton
Self
Fred Wesley
Self
Marcus Miller
Self
David Byrne
Self
Todd Boyd
Self
Rickey Vincent
Self
Ytasha L. Womack
Self
Miles Marshall Lewis
Self
Donna Murch
Self
De Angela L. Duff
Self
Donnie Simpson
Self
Jamon Jordan
Self
Uchenna Ikonne
Self
Fredara Hadley
Self
Stephen Newby
Self
Kirk Franklin
Self
Prince Paul
Self
Carlos Alomar
Self
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