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Aug 23, 2019 · Trending on Billboard. Directed by Benjamin and Gabe Turner, Hitsville aims to be the definitive Motown chronicle, and marks the very first Gordy-approved documentary. (He’s listed as an...
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Oct 3, 2019 · Like any official documentary, Hitsville: The Making of Motown, which celebrates 60 years of the iconic record label, is largely about protecting the brand, and there’s a lot of gloss here. Ignoring the lawsuits, addiction and fraught relationships, the film focuses predominantly on the sixties and firmly on the artists, the music and the context of America’s racial tensions and civil ...
Oct 1, 2019 · As efficient as a car assembly line: British directors Ben and Gabe Turner explore the secrets of Berry Gordy's success. Berry Gordy, who founded the Motown label in Detroit in 1959, borrowed his star-maker machinery from the car assembly line. When he worked at the Lincoln-Mercury plant he was inspired by how a bare metal frame would emerge as ...
Hitsville: The Making of Motown: Directed by Ben Turner, Gabe Turner. With Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, William Stevenson. Documentary film that focuses on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s.
