19 November 2021 Factual, Music 69 mins
In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.
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Janet Jackson as Self (archive footage)
Justin Timberlake as Self (archive footage)
Tito Jackson as Self
Beth McCarthy-Miller as Self
Marc Lamont Hill as Self
Cathy Hughes as Self
Michael Musto as Self
Alan Light as Self
Paul Tagliabue as Self
T.J. Jackson as Self
Taj Jackson as Self
Touré as Self
Jason Stallman Executive Producer
Mary Robertson Executive Producer
Jodi Gomes Director
Ken Druckerman Executive Producer
Banks Tarver Executive Producer
Sam Dolnick Executive Producer
Jodi Gomes Producer
Stephanie Preiss Executive Producer
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