Make It Funky! (2005)
September 27, 2005Release Date
Make It Funky! (2005)
September 27, 2005Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Aaron Neville
Self
Allen Toussaint
Self
Amadee Castenell
Self - Guitarist
Bryan Cayolle
Himself
Anthony Brown
Self
Chris Severin
Himself
Clarence Reginald Toussaint
Himself
Michael Murphy
Director
Michael Murphy
Director
Cilista Eberle
Producer
Donald Harrison
Himself
Ed Rousselle
Himself
Jerry M. Jacob
Cinematographer
Herman LeBeaux
Himself
David A. Wolf
Cinematographer
Christy Suire
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 2005
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Make It Funky! is a 2005 American documentary film directed, written and co-produced by Michael Murphy. Subtitled in the original version as "It all began in New Orleans", the film presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz. The film was scheduled for theatrical release in September 2005, but was pulled by distributor Sony Pictures Releasing so that they did not appear to take commercial advantage of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Using an April 27, 2004 concert at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans as the backdrop, the film also includes archival performance footage, still photographs, and interviews with many musicians and others involved in the early years and heyday of New Orleans music. The film is narrated by Art Neville, and the interviewees include local music pioneers Allen Toussaint, Lloyd Price, Irma Thomas, and Aaron Neville, contemporary New Orleans musicians Kermit Ruffins and Trombone Shorty, as well as rock musicians Bonnie Raitt and Keith Richards, who describe the influence of New Orleans music on their careers. The opening screen text states "the story of how this music was made reflects a struggle for social and racial equality between black and white America. It is also a story of how music can unite, uplift, and in the case of New Orleans, create a sound that influenced the world."