A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
PBS uploaded a full documentary on funk music and Black liberation from the 1970s entitled “WE WANT THE FUNK!”
“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.
If that description isn’t enough to get you watching, I don’t know what to tell you. Get down and enjoy!