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There’s still plenty of time to catch the other new shows on PBS in April. You can even go back and revisit the great PBS ...
P BS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We ...
Funk music was a bold sound that perfectly encapsulated post-civil rights Black Pride. 'We Want The Funk!' tells the story of ...
Indiana electro-jam-funk band Dizgo debuted a cover of Billy Strings' "Stratosphere Blues" that earned praise from the man himself.
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...
Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London discuss their new documentary We Want the Funk! on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.
And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...
A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...
We Want the Funk,” 9-10:30 p.m., PBS. “Music was our freedom,” Questlove says in this vibrant documentary. And most free of all was the funk sound. Rippling with great ...
‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, David Byrnem, and more.
This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music ...
Front Range Community College’s sociology program is hosting a public screening of the new documentary film “ We Want the ...