The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

5/12/2014 1h 0m 7.0/10

Overview

A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice White and his Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Kool & The Gang and lots more. It tells the story of black American music and how it evolved from funk to more main stream to disco to hiphop to contemporary R 'n B and its impact on society. Music and live footage from the bands, interviews with artists and band members of Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton and lots more.

Director

James Hale

Top Billed Cast

James Brown

James Brown

Larry Blackmon

Larry Blackmon

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

George Clinton

George Clinton

Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

Soweto Kinch

Narrator

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