Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection (1976)
Gênero : Documentário, Ficção científica, Música
Runtime : 1H 25M
Sinopse
The Mothership has landed! Parliament-Funkadelic plays an out-of-this-world set at The Summit in Houston, Texas on Halloween night 1976.
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