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The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

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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.

Directed byJames Hale

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 0m
Language
EN
Released
December 5, 2014

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
George Clinton

George Clinton

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

James Brown

James Brown

Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

Soweto Kinch

Narrator

Larry Blackmon

Larry Blackmon

Creative team
Directed by
James Hale

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