One Nation Under A Groove – P-Funk Documentary 2005
Known to its legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a profound impact on the development of contemporary music, aesthetics and culture. PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: One Nation Under a Groove chronicles the unique alchemy of the musical influences that fed into the band`s singular approach to music, documenting P-Funk`s continuing influence on today`s artists and musicians and featuring an in-depth look at the musical and entrepreneurial mastermind of its leader George Clinton.
To create a film that reflected the distinctive nature of P-Funk, filmmaker Yvonne Smith used animations both cell- and computer-generated to create the special sequences and virtual environments that reflect the P-Funk aesthetic. Inspired by a P-Funk lyric, she created the “Afronaut”,a cartoon character from outer space who serves as the film`s host and narrator. The Afronaut`s voice is provided by hip-hop comic and actor Eddie Griffin, who co-starred in the popular series Malcolm and Eddie and feature films including Undercover Brother, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo
and its sequel Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo. In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, the Afronaut descends to earth from a new millennium version of the Mothership, created by computer graphics artist Paul Collins. The Afronaut was brought to life in cell animation from the drawings of Kevin Lofton, a former animation artist on Beavis and Butthead.
In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, interviews with the original Parliaments the late Ray Davis, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas and Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins take place in a virtual barber shop, reminiscent of the group`s early years doing hair and singing in a New Jersey hair salon run by George Clinton. The barbershop and the various environments in which George Clinton appears, were created in digital animation. In addition to the Parliaments, the film also features original interviews with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider, Dawn Silva, one of the Brides of Funkenstein and other key P-Funk band members and staff. Other musicians interviewed include Rick James, Ice Cube, Flea and Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, De La Soul, Shock G (also known as “Humpty Hump” of the Digital Underground) and Nona Hendryx of LaBelle. Reginald Hudlin, director of House Party and Boomerang, president of entertainment for BET and a P-Funk fanatic, also appears, as does funk historian and author Rickey Vincent.
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The first time I heard this I was a white kid in rural 70's America. A friend played "the clones of doctor funkenstein" for me and I was hooked for life.
I saw them in 2016. one of the best funk concert ever.
dam..shock g fine
JUST DON'T FUNK WIT MY FUNK MUTHAFUNKAS.
IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE LISTENING TO REVOLUTION,,FUNK FOREVER
Thank you so much, I loved this documentary.
It really surprised me at 5:00 you could tell Jimmy Smith was playing at the Apollo theatre
i am so greatful to put on to George Clinton and p funk…truly deep and unbelievably, undeniably funky!!!!
The best times ever. I wish we could go back to that time and just funk into oblivion.
Eddie Griffin is narrating 🙂 Undercover Brotha
This is one if not "the" one doc that unwind the complex P-FUNK history in some way close to understandable (spend half my life figuring out the P-FUNK DNA and still can't say i got it!). The actual live footage are supreme and the interviews with the key personnel are even better (PEDRO BELL…wow!).
GEORGE CLINTON, SLY STONE and the man himself JAMES BROWN are the pillars of what we got to know as FUNK, yes there are other groups/artists that funk in some way harder on certain time/albums, but this is the trinity of ORIGINAL funk that started it all and showed one constant repertoar from nearly the start to their finish!
BERNIE WORRELL and EDDIE HAZEL…words can't describe how much these two guys who didn't took the front stage funk my mind. These guys are even more (moooooooore) P-FUNK than "BOOTSY", FRED WESLEY and MACEO PARKER ever was!
LOVE THIS!
Everyone talks and Cameo plays. They're true club musicians. It took them 40 years to get a steady gig.
go see them. They'll blow your mind.
I wanna testify. Still got that record.
sweet! Love it!
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Damn lost it when they played "I Ain't BulletProof"
They were the predaters of rap I'll always love them loved every album
I probably would have been offended if They wouldn't have had Eddie Griffin narrate this…Eddie is SUPER FUNKY!
that was such a awesome time back then. when music spoke to ya. reached down and grabbed ya by the soul and lifted ya up and made ya smile. you the man George Clinton.
Do you know where I can buy a DVD of this documentary? I saw it on PBS years ago and I can't track down a copy.
Just for the funk of it
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Guys please does anyone know where is that footage from in 13:31 where they play live and dance?
Always loved Funk, Rock, RB, etc and knew of Mr. Clinton and his bands for years, but I can't believe after 40 some years I just got FUNKAFIED! Awesome! I wish I could go back in time!
funk it all the way!
GREAT DOC! THANK YOU WITH ALL MY TENDRILS AND STAMENS OF ROCK SAUCE DRENCHED SOUL CONNECTIVITY
Excellent Documentary. Thanks for sharing.