Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

Nov 19, 2021

1h 9m

★ 6.8

Overview

In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

The New York Times

Left/Right

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Janet Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Justin Timberlake

Self

Tito Jackson

Self

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Self

Marc Lamont Hill

Self

Cathy Hughes

Self

Michael Musto

Self

Alan Light

Self

Paul Tagliabue

Self

TJ Jackson

Self

Taj Jackson

Self

Touré

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