🎬 Documentary, Music

Finding the Funk

⭐ 7.2/10 2014 1h 18m Dir. Nelson George

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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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Year
2014
Runtime
1h 18m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.2/10
Votes
5
Genre
Documentary, Music
Director
Language
EN

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🎭 Documentary 🎭 Music 🎬 Nelson George 👤 Questlove 👤 James Brown 👤 George Clinton
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Finding the Funk has a runtime of 1h 18m (1 hour and 18 minutes).
Finding the Funk was directed by Nelson George and released in 2014.
Finding the Funk is a Documentary, Music film (2014).
The cast of Finding the Funk includes Questlove, James Brown, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Sly Stone.
Finding the Funk has a TMDB rating of 7.2/10 based on 5 votes.

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