Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

69 mins | Documentary, Music | Nov. 19, 2021

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.

Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

69 mins | Documentary, Music | Nov. 19, 2021

Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers The New York Times, Left/Right
Original title Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
Directors Jodi Gomes
Writers

Cast

Janet Jackson

as Self (archive footage)

Justin Timberlake

as Self (archive footage)

Tito Jackson

as Self

Cathy Hughes

as Self

Michael Musto

as Self

Alan Light

as Self

Paul Tagliabue

as Self

T.J. Jackson

as Self

Taj Jackson

as Self

Touré

as Self