We Want the Funk!
Apr 08 2025
•2h 30m
•Documentary, Music
Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.
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Nona Hendryx
Self
Questlove
Self
George Clinton
Self
Fred Wesley
Self
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