🎬 Documentary, Music

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

"The story of those who escaped the factory floor to make revolutionary music in a blue-collar city without pity."

2008 1h

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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.

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Year
2008
Runtime
1h
Genre
Documentary, Music
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎭 Music 👤 John Lee Hooker 👤 Berry Gordy 👤 Martha Reeves

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Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges has a runtime of 1h (1 hour).
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges is a Documentary, Music film (2008).
The cast of Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges includes John Lee Hooker, Berry Gordy, Martha Reeves, John Sinclair, George Clinton.

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