Movie: The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

Top 6 Billed Cast

George Clinton
George Clinton

Sly Stone
Sly Stone

James Brown
James Brown

Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley

Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch

Narrator

Larry Blackmon
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