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We Want the Funk! (2025)

9.5/10 1h 30m Apr 08, 2025
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Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

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Movie Details

Original Title We Want the Funk!
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx
Self
Popularity: 0.4
Questlove
Questlove
Self
Popularity: 1.8
George Clinton
George Clinton
Self
Popularity: 4.0
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Self
Popularity: 0.5
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Self
Popularity: 0.1
David Byrne
David Byrne
Self
Popularity: 3.9
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Todd Boyd
Self
Popularity: 0.4
No Photo" alt="Rickey Vincent" class="cast-photo">
Rickey Vincent
Self
Popularity: 0.1
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Ytasha L. Womack
Self
Popularity: 0.3
No Photo" alt="Miles Marshall Lewis" class="cast-photo">
Miles Marshall Lewis
Self
Popularity: 0.0
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Donna Murch
Self
Popularity: 0.0
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De Angela L. Duff
Self
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Stanley Nelson, Nicole London
Editor Mark Fason, Richard Lowe
Executive Producer Keith Brown, Marcia Smith, Carrie Lozano

Production

Firelight Films
US
ITVS
US
PBS
US

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Rating
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Based on 4 votes

Details
Release Date April 8, 2025
Runtime 1h 30m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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