We Want the Funk!

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We Want the Funk!

2025

1h 30m

9.2(6 votes)

Documentary

Music

Overview

Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

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28 members

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Nona Hendryx

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Questlove

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George Clinton

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Fred Wesley

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Marcus Miller

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David Byrne

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Todd Boyd

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Rickey Vincent

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Ytasha L. Womack

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Miles Marshall Lewis

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Donna Murch

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De Angela L. Duff

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Donnie Simpson

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Jamon Jordan

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Uchenna Ikonne

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Fredara Hadley

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Stephen Newby

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Kirk Franklin

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Prince Paul

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Carlos Alomar

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Julie Malnig

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Scot Brown

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Kymberlee Thornton

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Michael Veal

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Adrienne Jones

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Leo Nocentelli

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Freddie Washington

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Thomas F. DeFrantz

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