YSFF Presents: We Want the Funk! With Stanley Nelson and Nicole London Q&A

Name: YSFF Presents: We Want the Funk! With Stanley Nelson and Nicole London Q&A
Start: 2025-10-04T20:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-04T22:30:00-04:00
Location: The Little Art Theatre

Schedule

Sat Oct 04 2025 at 08:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Little Art Theatre | Yellow Springs, OH

We Want the Funk! traces funk music’s African and gospel roots, from James Brown to Parliament-Funkadelic and beyond.
About this Event

“WE WANT THE FUNK!” the documentary from Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and co-director and producer Nicole London, which traces funk music’s African and gospel roots, from James Brown to Parliament-Funkadelic and beyond, will be presented as the headlining event at The Little Art Theatre Saturday Oct 4th at 8:30pm. A syncopated and star-studded voyage through the journey of funk music, the film delves into the genre’s influence on contemporary music, fashion, and freedom of expression as well as its role in the rise of hip-hop. Featuring interviews with George Clinton, Questlove, Kirk Franklin, David Byrne and many more.

Conversation and Q&A with Directors to follow the screening.

This ticket also gets you access to a funk music themed after party starting at 10:30pm at The Foundry Theater on Antioch College.

FILM BADGES ACCEPTED.