Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

2021•1h 9m•6.8/10

DocumentaryMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(4)

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.

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Production

The New York Times, Left/Right

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Self (archive footage)

Tito Jackson

Tito Jackson

Self

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Self

Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill

Self

Cathy Hughes

Self

Michael Musto

Self

Alan Light

Self

Paul Tagliabue

Self

TJ Jackson

TJ Jackson

Self

Taj Jackson

Taj Jackson

Self

Touré

Self

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