08 April 2025 Factual, Music 90 mins
Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.
Watch the official We Want the Funk! 2025 trailer in HD below.
Nona Hendryx as Self
Questlove as Self
George Clinton as Self
Fred Wesley as Self
Marcus Miller as Self
David Byrne as Self
Todd Boyd as Self
Ytasha L. Womack as Self
Donna Murch as Self
Donnie Simpson as Self
Jamon Jordan as Self
Fredara Hadley as Self
Kirk Franklin as Self
Prince Paul as Self
Carlos Alomar as Self
Scot Brown as Self
Stanley Nelson Director
Mark Fason Editor
Richard Lowe Editor
Trevor Banks Associate Editor
Keith Brown Executive Producer
Marcia Smith Executive Producer
Carrie Lozano Executive Producer
Lois Vossen Executive Producer
Hannah Shepard Archival Footage Coordinator
Jade Lewis Associate Producer
Michael Ehrenzweig Supervising Producer
Nicole London Director
We Want the Funk! - Die Geschichte von James Brown, George Clinton & Co. Trailer
We Want the Funk! Trailer
Germany 28 July 2026
France 28 July 2026
Korea 30 August 2026
United States 08 April 2025
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