Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's ...

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is the film adaptation of a James Baldwin novel about Tish and Fonny, a devoted young couple almost torn apart by racism and wrongful imprisonment. Jeffrey Brown ...

And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk ... And that’s how you get songs like James Brown’s “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud.” In the documentary, we ...

Through animation, we see young James preaching to his grandmother, whose patience and unwavering support inspired his confidence and path into ministry. O Pioneer is available to stream on pbs ...

The PBS series "Independent Lens" explores the crucial role of public libraries in new documentary ... An audio clip shares author James Baldwin's childhood memories of frequenting the branch ...

Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk ... Independent Lens is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android ...

And a new documentary ... Brown explains, funk at that time captured “the sentiment of a generational change where conformity is not the priority.” And that’s how you get songs like James ...