Bates Film Festival: We Want the Funk!

Directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London. 84 minutes. Not Rated. In English.

This screening is part of the Bates Film Festival. All festival screenings are free and open to the public.

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.