George Clinton
5 titles
Filmography
5 results
N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo
(2012)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
(2025)An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone.
We Want the Funk!
(2025)WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through funk’s history, from its African and jazz roots to James Brown’s early work and the rise of Parliament Funkadelic. Distinctly urban, funk reflected a post-Civil Rights sensibility. The film explores the symbiotic relationship between funk’s explosion and the political and racial dynamics of 1970s inner-city America.
Finding the Funk
(2014)Filmmaker-historian Nelson George conducts a passionate archeology of funk music replete with loving testimonials about funk heydays from now-mythical music makers like Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins and George Clinton. With The Roots' Questlove as our guide, George carves out a nostalgic portrait of funk music as an enduring artistic assertion of the black experience in the USA.
Kuso
(2017)Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare.