
Finding the Funk
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 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.
Finding the Funk
January 31, 2014
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Cast (16)

Questlove
Self

James Brown
Self

George Clinton
Self

Bootsy Collins
Self

Sly Stone
Himself

Nile Rodgers
Self

D'Angelo
Himself

Bernie Worrell
Self

Michael Diamond
Himself

Sheila E.
Herself

Arthur Baker
Himself

James Mtume
Himself

Shock G
Himself

Vernon Reid
Himself

Steve Arrington
N/A

Nona Hendryx
N/A
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Directing

Nelson George
Director
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Cliff Charles
Director of Photography