
MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.... (Full plot summary below)
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MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThere's not a second in the film that isn't a reminder that New Orleans in its architecture, cuisine and multicultural diversity as well as in its music is a unique and major American center of culture. Murphy has made a film more valuable than he surely ever could have imagined. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottMichael Murphy's documentary about the musical traditions of New Orleans can serve as an apt, wrenching elegy for the city's unique contribution to American culture. |
| VarietyEddie CockrellA big, easy overview of New Orleans' rich musical heritage. |
| DVDTalk.comScott WeinbergThe sort of documentary that informs and educates through sheer passion, excitement, and, yes, downright funkiness. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJoel SelvinThe love people have for this city just comes tumbling out of every part of this movie. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA suddenly vital biography, Make It Funky, pays apt homage to the unique gifts New Orleans has given its country over the last century. Watching it ought to inspire anyone to return the favor. |
| Village VoiceR. Emmet SweeneyA love letter to New Orleans, Make It Funky! reminds us of what has been lost in the flood, and of an artistic spirit that will never dissipate. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensThe accidental poignancy of Make It Funky! comes from juxtaposing the charisma and dignity of those musicians - and the knowledge of how much great music New Orleans has given the world - with the unavoidable images of devastation from the last two weeks. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyIn many respects a stock item, filled with talking heads, archival film and photographs and vintage concert footage, but what gives the film newfound ache is the copious amount of time it spends on the streets with ordinary citizens (including fledgling young musicians) and the incidentals it captures. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganLively tribute to New Orleans' musical traditions takes on an added poignancy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. |