Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

1h 9m
DocumentaryMusic
6.8

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.

Cast

Janet Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Justin Timberlake
Self (archive footage)
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
Self

Crew

Jodi Gomes
Director, Producer
Mary Robertson
Executive Producer
Ken Druckerman
Executive Producer
Banks Tarver
Executive Producer
Jason Stallman
Executive Producer
Sam Dolnick
Executive Producer
Stephanie Preiss
Executive Producer

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