A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice White and his Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Kool & The Gang and lots more. It tells the story of black American music and how it evolved from funk to more main stream to disco to hiphop to contemporary R 'n B and its impact on society. Music and live footage from the bands, interviews with artists and band members of Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton and lots more.
Direction
Hale lets the Mothership footage speak—no talking head over-explains the funk.
Editing
Seamless thread from James Brown's one-chord revolution to D'Angelo's neo-soul.
Production
Rare live clips that'll send you down a three-hour YouTube spiral.
Director
James Hale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sly Stone's interview was reportedly his last on-camera appearance before his long public silence—making his segment unintentionally elegiac.
The film barely touches how Clinton's P-Funk mythology directly inspired Dr. Dre's G-funk production and West Coast hip-hop's sonic identity.
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