![Singer and composer James Brown (1933-2006) sings live for the British program ‘Ready Steady Go!’ in London, on March 11, 1966.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/UC2VARHZJZG3RLLBYGYAGUQQCY.jpg?auth=3964cc607e80626a1b723eea426e9e43204471cf986f0a3523557b09c129e547&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
The shadows and light of James Brown’s chaotic life: massive music, pioneering civil rights work — and spousal abuse
A new documentary produced by Mick Jagger and two of Brown’s sons show new sides of the late funk innovator, whose immense estate has been under dispute for 15 years. “For a time, I didn’t like my father,” shares his daughter