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

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Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges (2008)

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

Documentary, Music · 1h 00m

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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Cast

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

Crew

Producer
Benjamin Whalley

Details

Release date
2008-03-07
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom