'You know it when you feel it': A new documentary explores the roots of funk

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His new Independent Lens documentary is out now.

Apr 9, 2025 - 12:33
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'You know it when you feel it': A new documentary explores the roots of funk
Members of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective in 1970.

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His new Independent Lens documentary is out now.

(Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives)