Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk

2014 en 78 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then to Dayton the birthplace of so many of Funk's originators, then onto Detroit where from the ashes of Motown, P-Funk's Mothership arose, and then to LA where a new crop of musicians are creating their own Funk history. On our journey into Funk, we talk to legends Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Nona Hendryx, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Arrington and their descendants Mike D, D'Angelo, Sheila E, Shock G and Sade's Stuart Matthewman. Narrated by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson of the Roots.

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Cast

Questlove

Questlove

Self

James Brown

James Brown

Self

George Clinton

George Clinton

Self

Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins

Self

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

Himself

Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

Self

D'Angelo

D'Angelo

Himself

Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell

Self

Michael Diamond

Michael Diamond

Himself

Sheila E.

Sheila E.

Herself

Arthur Baker

Arthur Baker

Himself

James Mtume

James Mtume

Himself

Shock G

Shock G

Himself

Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid

Himself

Steve Arrington

Steve Arrington

Nona Hendryx

Nona Hendryx

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