Hitsville: The Making of Motown
2019 · Movie · TV-14 · 113 min · ★ 7.6 · 95% critics
This documentary traces the rise of a landmark record label through firsthand interviews, rare archive footage, and classic performance clips. It explores the vision, drive, and cultural impact behind a music empire that helped shape popular music across generations.
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Streaming on Paramount+, fuboTV and Showtime.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-08-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (25 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you love music history, legendary performances, and origin stories about big creative movements, especially if you liked Bathtubs Over Broadway; Not for you if you want a more critical, fully balanced documentary.
Pros: great music history; rare performance footage; inspiring rise story | Cons: one-sided perspective; missing key voices; uneven balance
Themes
- motown
- music business
Cast & crew
Berry Gordy
as Self
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Miller London
as Self
John Legend
as Self
Robin Terry
as Self
Eddie Holland
as Self
Brian Holland
as Self
Lamont Dozier
as Self
Jamie Foxx
as Self
Valerie Simpson
as Self
Directed by Gabe Turner, Ben Turner