P BS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We ...

You know, Black people have always been funky. Positive Force's "We Got the Funk" playing] Woman: ♪ All right, y'all, yeah ♪ Mikki Taylor: It's in our DNA. Whether it's music, whether it's fashion, ...

Funk music was a bold sound that perfectly encapsulated post-civil rights Black Pride. 'We Want The Funk!' tells the story of ...

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 ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...

We Want the Funk!” is airing under the Independent Lens umbrella at PBS. The documentary will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, ...

“Soon as we got a hit record, was the same year that [The Beatles ... All of a sudden, that wasn’t our music anymore.” Funk’s status as a joyful, unapologetically Black musical form is emphasized ...

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's ...

NL: For funk music, I had older sisters who were really ... James Brown comes at you, and we’ve got to keep this pace up, how do we do it? NL: See it with an audience if you can.