04/10/2026
Congratulations to Stanley Nelson and Firelight Films as two of his films, WE WANT THE FUNK! and CRITICAL CONDITION: HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA, are nominated for 2026 News & Documentary Emmy Awards!🔥🍾👏🏼🎉🎊
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.
From the deep history of pseudoscientific beliefs about race that still permeate modern medicine, to the latest research on how experiencing discrimination can directly damage human cells, CRITICAL CONDITION: HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA explores the factors behind the health crisis facing Black Americans.
Thank you Stanley and team for the opportunity to Color Grade & Finish your ground breaking films here at . It is always an incredible pleasure collaborating with you!
WE WANT THE FUNK! now streaming on PBS Independent Lens.
CRITICAL CONDITION: HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA now streaming on NOVA.
Color Grading/Online Facility
Hell's Color Kitchen
WE WANT THE FUNK!
Colorist/Online Editor
Don Wyllie
Online Editor
Ian Heifetz
CRITICAL CONDITION: HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA
Colorist
Ian Heifetz
DI Producer
Sheila Lynch
Senior Conform Editor
Bahron Thomas
Post Production Coordinator
Karla Rodriguez
Assistant Online Editor
Javier Chorrillos