We Want the Funk! (2025)

Name: We Want the Funk!
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2026-02-05T12:32:41+01:00

Documentary | 80 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Music

Duration: 80 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Stanley Nelson and Nicole London

Stars: Marcus Miller, Carlos Alomar and George Clinton

IMDb score: 8,1 (149)

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We Want the Funk! plot

Music that unleashes energy, moves bodies, and breaks down boundaries: that's funk. It's not a musical style, but a feeling, born in the late 1960s as the soundtrack of a time when Black Americans proudly asserted their identity. Featuring archival footage and background information, this documentary shows how funk grew into a cultural revolution. James Brown laid the foundation, while artists like Sly & The Family Stone, Prince, and Fela Kuti further developed the music into a multiracial, political, and spiritual force. And funk continues to evolve, deeply rooted in emotion, struggle, and zest for life.