The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove (movie)

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove (movie)

  • User score: 7
  • Production country: US
  • Producer: James Hale
  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release date: 12/5/2014
  • Run time: 60 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

George Clinton

George Clinton

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Sly Stone

Sly Stone

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James Brown

James Brown

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Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

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Soweto Kinch

Soweto Kinch

Role(s): Narrator

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