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Independent Lens Episode 26.15 WE WANT THE FUNK!
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Independent Lens Episode 26.15 WE WANT THE FUNK!

Episode Premiere
April 8, 2025
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
ITVS
Official Site
http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens
Episode Premiere
April 8, 2025
Genre
Documentary
Period
1999 -
Production Co
ITVS
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens
Main Cast
  • Stanley Tucci

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a 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, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop.