Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges

March. 07,2008      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit's inner city to take black music to a white audience, whilst in the late 60s suburban kids like the MC5 and the Stooges descended into the black inner city to create revolutionary rock expressing the rage of young white America.

John Lee Hooker as  Self
Berry Gordy as  Self
Martha Reeves as  Self
George Clinton as  Self
Iggy Pop as  Self
Marvin Gaye as  Self (archive footage)

Reviews

Fluentiama
2008/03/07

Perfect cast and a good story

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Senteur
2008/03/08

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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Mandeep Tyson
2008/03/09

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Kayden
2008/03/10

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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