Since our hero is largely influenced by black music maybe this is interesting for some of you, too. "The Story of Funk" (I think it's from 2012) is currently online on BBC 6:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pd2x6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pgmhghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pgmv6