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Motown Records becomes the most successful label of all time after its formation in 1958 Detroit amid racial tension and the burgeoning civil rights movement.
  • Genre:
    documentary, music
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Gabe Turner
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  • Production Co:
    Fulwell 73, Polygram Entertainment, Ghost Pictures

Cast & Crew

Berry Gordy
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Smokey Robinson
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John Legend
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Jamie Foxx
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Gabe Turner
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Critic Reviews for Hitsville: The Making of Motown

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  • It's far more clean-cut than Motown's origins ever were...but if you're a sucker for the hits of the '60s and '70s, this is a nostalgic temptation you won't want to miss.

    October 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Hanna Flint

    Time Out

  • Benjamin and Gabe Turner's documentary is an unashamed lovebomb, with Stevie Wonder and Little Richard laying it on thick, and much back-slapping between Gordy and his best friend, Smokey Robinson.

    October 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Ed Potton

    Times (UK)

  • An entertaining look at a musical institution, what Hitsville: The Making Of Motown lacks in penetrating insight and a nose for controversy, it makes up for in great archival footage and tunes that - even 50 years on - remain heaven sent.

    October 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Ian Freer

    Empire Magazine

  • Flickery black-and-white footage of The Temptations and a group of session musicians recording 'My Girl' is nothing short of electrifying - just one of many astonishing archive scenes that will stay with you.

    October 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Adam Woodward

    Little White Lies

  • Definitive and a wall-to-wall joy, it's probably the finest feel-good music documentary of all time.

    October 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

    Metro Newspaper (UK)

  • The movie hangs on the good-natured charm of Gordy and Robinson fondly reminiscing.

    September 27, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Cath Clarke

    Guardian
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