We Want the Funk!

We Want the Funk!

2025
1h 30m
6.3

6.3/10

17 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary Music
Overview

Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Firelight Films ITVS PBS BBC ARTE GEIE
Production Countries
United States of America United Kingdom France
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

composer singer producer culture funk melody cultural identity documentary history music united states of america (usa) musicians

Quick Facts

Release Date April 8, 2025
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt36325769

Cast

Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx

Self

Questlove
Questlove

Self

George Clinton
George Clinton

Self

Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley

Self

Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller

Self

David Byrne
David Byrne

Self

Todd Boyd
Todd Boyd

Self

Rickey Vincent
Rickey Vincent

Self

Ytasha L. Womack
Ytasha L. Womack

Self

Miles Marshall Lewis
Miles Marshall Lewis

Self

Donna Murch
Donna Murch

Self

De Angela L. Duff
De Angela L. Duff

Self

Key Crew

Stanley Nelson
Director
Keith Brown
Executive Producer
Marcia Smith
Executive Producer
Carrie Lozano
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer
Nicole London
Producer
Nicole London
Director