At the beginning of the new documentary “James Brown: Say It Loud” — a four-part series that premieres Monday and then continues Tuesday on A&E — the Godfather of Soul himself breaks down ...

James Brown: Say It Loud is a new four-part docuseries for A&E about the unlikely rise, the resulting stardom he worked so hard for, and the lasting legacy of “The Godfather of Soul,” “The ...

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Directed by Deborah Riley Draper, James Brown: Say It Loud presents an unvarnished look at Brown’s uphill climb from seventh grade dropout, shoeshine boy and buck dancer to soul/funk pioneer ...

One powerful takeaway from James Brown: Say It Loud, the extraordinary two-night, four-hour documentary premiering at 8 p.m. Monday Feb. 19 on A&E, is the tragically fleeting nature of fame and ...

Can you highlight any particularly surprising or lesser-known aspects of James Brown’s life and career that viewers can expect to discover in “Say It Loud”? I was surprised to learn that in ...

James Brown was famous for showing self-love and self-respect for his race on his 1968 anthem “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud.” But the “Super Bad” singer was also super proud ...

inspiring people to say it loud, “I’m Black and I’m proud,” and changing this grief to determination. You said you knew James Brown through his music and through your family’s love for him.

are just a few of the illuminating comments peppering the first two hours of A&E’s James Brown: Say It Loud which premiered Monday (Feb. 19). The second half of the network’s four-hour docu ...