About this Event
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.
See the film and hear from director Stanley Nelson about the film and his career!
Join us in person for this Indie Popup event at the City College of NY, Shepard Hall Room 291, 259 Convent Avenue at 140th Street. ASL and CART provided for the talk. Building is accessible, have ID to enter. This is a community event leading up to the PBS premiere of the film. Light refreshments.
#1 to 137th street, ABCD to 145th Street (shuttle bus avail) Accessible route: $6 to 125th Street, and M101 to 140th street.
Questions to [email protected]
A presentation of Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY.
Stanley Nelson (Director) Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, MacArthur Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. President Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal. Nelson has directed and produced numerous films, including Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, and Jonestown: The Life and Death of People’s Temple.
Nicole London (Co-Director and Producer) Nicole London is the Grammy Award-nominated producer of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which was also awarded a 2021 News and Documentary Emmy Award. Recent credits include Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me, The Talk: Race in America, and 16 films now playing in the Segregation Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum.
Musician and lead of Parliament-Funkadelic, George Clinton.
Songwriter and producer, Marcus Miller.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The City College of New York, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall, New York, United States
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