Trefwoord Funk Music

Een documentaire over het legendarisch Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, een viering van de Afro-Amerikaanse cultuur en muziek in de Verenigde Staten.

Dat funk- en soulgod James Brown tijdens zijn gloriejaren in de jaren zestig en zeventig van de vorige eeuw als de hardst werkende muzikant in de scene werd bestempeld, had hij onder meer te danken aan een moeilijke jeugd vol verwaarlozing en gebrek.

Sol is a hardworking woman who has the chance to work as a backing vocalist for a funk singer and return to dancing, as she did in her youth. Torn between family pressure and passion for the stage, she must face the judgment of her church's members and conflicts with her family. The new chance will make her reconnect with her past in many ways, leading her to find her great youth love.

The raucous adventures of some of music’s most legendary artists, as told by those who knew them best. Featuring animated interviews with former bandmates, friends and other erstwhile associates, who share uncensored anecdotes about these artists, brought to life with animated reenactments and woven together with live-action archival performance footage and photos.

Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a car in the Jim Crow-era South, to an entertainment legend whose groundbreaking talent and unique perspective catapulted him to become a cultural force.