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Season 26 Episode 15 - WE WANT THE FUNK!
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
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 dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop.
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4
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7
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8
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9
Without Arrows
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10
The Strike
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11
The In Between
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12
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13
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14
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15
WE WANT THE FUNK!
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