A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s | Full Documentary | Independent Lens

[donbosco]

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“WE WANT THE FUNK!,” a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spans from gospel, soul, highlife, and early jazz roots, to its rise and impact on new wave and hip-hop, as funk music has been transcendent for creators and listeners alike. Revolutionary moments in the movement are captured in James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, and other influential musicians of the genre.

 

[Zoo_View]

I was quite the white, upper middle class kid from Chapel Hill in the ‘70’s.

Funk dominated the soundtrack of our parties and dances.

 

[EyeballKid]

I believe this was one of the award-winning docs at Full Frame a couple weeks ago. I’ve not yet watched it, but definitely will do so.

 

[donbosco]

I excerpted the first 19 minutes of it and then jumped to the 55:45 mark to 60:00 the other day for students in a US History, 1865 to the present class -- they were kind of blown away.