Finding the Funk
31/01/2014
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.
Movie Information
Questlove
as Self
James Brown
as Self
George Clinton
as Self
Bootsy Collins
as Self
Sly Stone
as Himself
Nile Rodgers
as Self
D'Angelo
as Himself
Bernie Worrell
as Self
Michael Diamond
as Himself
Sheila E.
as Herself
Arthur Baker
as Himself
James Mtume
as Himself
Shock G
as Himself
Vernon Reid
as Himself
Steve Arrington
as
Nona Hendryx
as
