Mick Jagger and Questlove are executive delivering a four-section docuseries about "I Got You (I Feel Good)" star James Brown for A&E.
The link network has requested James Brown: Say It Loud (w/t), coordinated by The Legacy of Black Wall Street director Deborah Riley Draper.
It is the most recent doc on the Godfather of Soul after Alex Gibney coordinated Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown for HBO in 2014. Jagger was a maker on that task.
James Brown: Say It Loud is set for a 2023 delivery, stamping what might have been Brown's 90th birthday celebration. It will investigate Brown's inheritance with interviews with companions, family, teammates and proteges as well as his darling music index and incorporates never-been-seen-before authentic film.
It is created by Inaudible Films, which delivered Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown and is chipping away at docs about Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Lee Lewis, in relationship with Polygram Entertainment.
Draper coordinates, Peter Afterman fills in as leader maker for Inaudible Films alongside maker Sarah Haber, Jagger and Victoria Pearman executive produce for Jagged Films, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson - who coordinated Oscar-named doc Summer of Soul - Tariq "Dark Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman executive produce for Two One Five Entertainment and David Blackman executive produces for Polygram Entertainment.
Charlie Cohen and A&E Network's Elaine Frontain Bryant and Brad Abramson likewise executive produce, while Madeline Post and Robert Komadina co-executive produce.
"I'm excited to create the four-section narrative series with A&E digging into the intriguing existence of James Brown," said Jagger. "He was a splendid entertainer who enlivened me all along and was profoundly dedicated to the Civil Rights development. I have consistently appreciated James and advanced such a huge amount from him. I anticipate rejuvenating the series."
Said Thompson and Trotter: "The existence of James Brown is critical not exclusively to comprehend his enormous melodic effect, which motivates us and different craftsmen right up 'til today, yet in addition for the profound and enduring impression he has had on American culture. Earthy colored's life is a critical and convenient story of battle, reclamation, and self-personality and we are regarded to get the opportunity to share it."
Added Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and Head of Programming for A&E: "A&E has a long inheritance as a permanent spot for striking, clever, and connecting with narrating that pushes limits and bring watchers more profound into the lives and universes they thought they knew. We are regarded… to proceed with this practice with James Brown: Say It Loud to give crowds an inside and out look, not just into the unprecedented existence of the Godfather of Soul, yet in addition his unfathomable impact as a social power in American culture."
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