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Finding the Funk (2013)
78 min | Documentary, History, Music

Finding the Funk (2013)

78 min | Documentary, History, Music

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...See moreFinding 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. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Questlove Self - Narrator (as Ahmir-Khalib Thompson) Self - Narrator (as Ahmir-Khalib Thompson) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bootsy Collins Self Self See fewer	Undercover Brother (2002)
Sly Stone Self Self See fewer	Stealth (2005)
D'Angelo Self Self See fewer	He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Marcus Miller Self Self See fewer	Marshall (2017)
Michael Eric Dyson Self Self See fewer	Waist Deep (2006)
Melissa Weber Self (as DJ Soul SIster) Self (as DJ Soul SIster) See fewer	Big Chief, Black Hawk (2021)
Derrick Moss Self Self See fewer	Girls Trip (2017)
Lumar Leblanc Self Self See fewer	Girls Trip (2017)
Mtume Self Self See fewer	8 Mile (2002)
Alan Leeds Self Self See fewer	Get on Up (2014)
Nelson George Self Self See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
George Clinton Self Self See fewer	Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017)
Mike D Self Self See fewer	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Stuart Matthewman Self Self See fewer	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Nile Rodgers Self Self See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Arthur Baker Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
Steve Arrington Self Self See fewer	Boiler Room (2000)
Jared Michael Nickerson Self Self See fewer	Finding the Funk (2013)
Scot Brown Self Self See fewer	Unsung (2008)
James 'Diamond' Williams Self Self See fewer	Reindeer Games (2000)
Dawn Silva Self Self See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Shock-G Self (as Shock G) Self (as Shock G) See fewer	Free Guy (2021)
Bernie Worrell Self Self See fewer	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Vernon Reid Self Self See fewer	Say Anything (1989)
Nona Hendryx Self Self See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Tom Vickers Self (as Tom Vikers) Self (as Tom Vikers) See fewer	Independent Lens (1999)
Sheila E. Self Self See fewer	Man of Steel (2013)
Dâm-Funk Self Self See fewer	Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
Philip Field Performer (uncredited) Performer (uncredited) See fewer	Jason's Lyric (1994)
Maceo Parker Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Space Cowboys (2000)