Bootsy Collins

Jaco (2015)

The story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who single-handedly changed the course of modern music by redefining the sound and the role of the electric bass guitar. Never-before-seen 8mm film, photographs, and audio recordings unv ...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love (2015)

After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley Youth Center from being shut down. With her irresistible sass and wisd ...

'Tallica Parking Lot (2014)

What happens at a tailgate party before a Metallica concert? Part music video, part acid trip, this adventure is a jam-packed frenzy with surprise cameos and an original score by Metallica. ...

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)

James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist ...

Finding the Funk (2014)

Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then to Dayton the birthpla ...

VH1 Divas 2012 (2012)

VH1 Divas 2012 aired live on December 16, 2012 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Adam Lambert and celebrated the dance-inducing music that is the vibrant soundtrack to every major blowout bash, unforgettable party and night ...

Bootsy Collins: Funk Capital of the World Tour - Jazz à Vienne 2011 (2011)

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child (2010)

Seattle, WA EMP brings viewers inside the ground-breaking story of one man, his music and the world that embraced him with the two-hour documentary special "Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child," ...

Freaknik: The Musical (2010)

A rap group heads to Atlanta to participate in Atlanta's revived Freaknik festival. ...

Nighttown (2009)

Rotterdam's dance club and pop temple Nighttown closed in 2006. This music documentary contains exclusive images of legendary performances. Former directors, founders, bookers, stage managers and artists talk about the power of this venue. ...

George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein (2006)

Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his 1950s days running a doo-wop group out of the back of his barber store, through the madness of the monster Parliament/Funkadelic mach ...

Bill Laswell - World Beat Sound System: Live at Soundstage (2006)

Throughout three decades, Bill Laswell has been a constant innovator, fusing seemingly disparate genres into a whole new sound. Touching upon everything from worldbeat, funk, rock, hip-hop and jazz, there are no limits to his experimental approach. Among ...

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (2005)

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 ...

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth (2005)

The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a touring member of Talking Heads in the 1980s. ...

Bootsy's New Rubber Band - Live (2004)

The new Bootsy's Rubber Band, live at the Club Citta Kawasaki, August 7, 1993, featurintg Bootsy Collins et al. ...

Rising Low (2002)

Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov't Mule's The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2) featuring a host of legendary bass players. Throughout the film, director Mike Gordon (of Phish, wh ...

Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of t ...

Bootsy Collins & His New Rubber Band: Live at Jazz Baltica (1998)

Bootsy Collins and his New Rubber Band live at Jazz Baltica, Salzau Germany, 1998, featuring P-Funk legends Garry Shider, Fred Wesley, Rick Gardner, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper and Frankie "Kash" Waddy. ...

The Night Before (1988)

A popular beauty surprisingly asks a nerd to take her to the prom. He wakes up hours later in a sleazy alley. She's missing but he remembers nothing about it. ...

Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection (1976)

The Mothership has landed! Parliament-Funkadelic plays an out-of-this-world set at The Summit in Houston, Texas on Halloween night 1976. ...

James Brown: Love Power Peace (1971)

Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 is the only recording that documents one of his live performances with the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins. Love Power Peace was originally intended for a 1972 release as a vinyl triple album, bu ...