Join WFYI Live for an Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of WE WANT THE FUNK! on Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m. at Kan-Kan Cinema. This screening is an exclusive first look at the documentary ahead of its premiere on WFYI on April 8. The event will include a showing of WE WANT THE FUNK! plus, a conversation with local funk pioneers led by WFYI’s Kyle Long who hosts Cultural Manifesto and produces Echoes of Indiana Avenue. Guests of the discussion will be featured in a corresponding episode of Cultural Manifesto highlighting and celebrating the vast history of Indianapolis’ funk music scene. This screening is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is recommended.

About WE WANT THE FUNK!

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots to its rise into the public consciousness. 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 influences on both new wave and hip-hop.

About Cultural Manifesto

Each week on Cultural Manifesto, Kyle Long reveals stories and sounds from the creative frontlines of the past and present. Through music, archives and artist interviews, discover how creators shape meaning with sound, in Indianapolis and well beyond. Tune in on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. and again on Saturdays at 6 p.m., or wherever you get your podcasts, for discoveries that will delight your ears and expand your understanding of our shared world.