Independent Lens Season 26 Episode 15 - We Want The Funk

Airdate: 2025-Apr-08

Episode summary:

"WE WANT THE FUNK!" is Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, George Clinton's extraterrestrial Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on new wave and hip-hop.

About Independent Lens series:

Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.