Editing Nile Rodgers (section)

=== 2000s: Film and video game soundtracks, We Are Family Foundation ===
In the early 2000s, Rodgers worked extensively on film and video game soundtracks, including ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'',<ref name="Ilsussidiario">{{cite news |last1=Barraco |first1=Brett |title=COLPO GROSSO AL DRAGO ROSSO RUSH HOUR 2, CANALE 20/Info streaming del film (oggi, 18 agosto 2018) |url=http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Cinema-Televisione-e-Media/2018/8/18/COLPO-GROSSO-AL-DRAGO-ROSSO-RUSH-HOUR-2-Su-Canale-20-il-film-con-Jackie-Chan-oggi-18-agosto-2018-/834938/ |access-date=September 16, 2018 |work=Ilsussidiario |date=August 18, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Snow Dogs]]'',<ref name="IMDB m0734755">{{cite web |title=Nile Rodgers |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734755/ |access-date=September 15, 2018 |work=IMDB}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2023}} and ''[[Semi-Pro]]'' starring [[Will Ferrell]], who co-wrote the title song "[[Love Me Sexy]]" with Rodgers.<ref name="Blu-Ray">{{cite web |title=Semi-Pro |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Semi-Pro-Blu-ray/787/ |access-date=September 15, 2018 |work=Blu-Ray}}</ref>

In 2002, Rodgers returned to work again with the original five members of Duran Duran when he co-produced ''[[Astronaut (Duran Duran album)|Astronaut]]''.<ref name="Billboard 8">{{cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=A 'Wild Boys' Reunion: Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers Working on New Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6214295/a-wild-boys-reunion-duran-duran-and-nile-rodgers-working-on-new-album |access-date=September 15, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> The album rose to No. 3 in the UK.<ref name="Metro Weekly">{{cite news |last1=Gerard |first1=Chris |title=Duran Duran: Ranking their albums Worst to First |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2015/04/duran-duran-ranking-their-albums-worst-to-first/ |access-date=September 18, 2018 |work=Metro Weekly |date=April 24, 2015}}</ref>

Following the [[September 11 attacks]], Rodgers brought together more than 200 musicians and celebrities to record "We Are Family". It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios (previously The Power Station, where the original recording of "We Are Family" took place in 1978), and in [[Los Angeles]] at the [[Record Plant]]. The accompanying music video was directed by [[Spike Lee]].  An 80-minute documentary, ''The Making and Meaning of We Are Family'', directed by [[Danny Schechter]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/movies/film-in-review-the-making-and-meaning-of-we-are-family.html|title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'The Making and Meaning Of ''We Are Family'' '|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=March 8, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 4, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in 2002. In a collaboration between [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], [[Nickelodeon]] and [[PBS]], more than 100 children's television characters participated in a "We Are Family" children's music video, and on March 11, 2002, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and PBS aired the video to promote tolerance and diversity on the 6-month anniversary of 9/11.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/justpeacemessage00step|title=Just peace : a message of hope|last=Thaddeus)|first=Stepanek, Mattie J. T. (Mattie Joseph|date=2006|publisher=Andrews McMeel|others=Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, Stepanek, Jennifer Smith.|isbn=0740757121|location=Kansas City|oclc=61652898|url-access=registration}}</ref> In July 2002, Rodgers co-founded the [[We Are Family Foundation]] with his
life partner, Nancy Hunt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/ll-cool-j-a-tribe-called-quest-nile-rodgers-we-are-family-gala-1202403800/|title=LL Cool J, Dikembe Mutombo, A Tribe Called Quest Unite for Nile Rodgers' We Are Family Gala|last1=Harrison|first1=Alexa|date=April 29, 2017|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> A non-profit organization that promotes "cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world", it is dedicated to the vision of a global family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/|title=We Are Family Foundation|website=We Are Family Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>