Nonfans of hip-hop might find “We Want the Funk!” to be a tale of devolution. As directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London tell us in this “Independent Lens” presentation on PBS, black pop in the ...

Tyla is gearing up to drop her highly anticipated mixtape We Wanna Party on July 25, 2025. After teasing the project for the past week, fans finally have an official release date. The upcoming mixtape ...

Independent Lens presents “We Want the Funk!,” which will air 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. It didn’t take long for ...

At a time when Black contributions to American history and culture face keep getting erased, independent art stands as a vital act of resistance and remembrance. We Want the Funk! is a vibrant ...

A new documentary explores the history and influence of funk music and its connection to Detroit. The Independent Lens documentary “WE WANT THE FUNK!” traces the history and influence of funk music ...

Tyla’s viral moment on X (formerly known as Twitter) has music drama in a chokehold yet again. The South African sensation aced a “CHANEL” dance on a We Wanna Party Tour performance, which became a ...

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, ...