The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

December 05, 2014 | 60 min

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.

Genres

Documentary Music

Cast

Naomi Scott

George Clinton

Naomi Scott

Sly Stone

Naomi Scott

James Brown

Naomi Scott

Fred Wesley

Naomi Scott

Soweto Kinch

Naomi Scott

Larry Blackmon

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