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

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.

  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2008-03-07
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United Kingdom

Summary

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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  • John Lee Hooker

    as Self
  • Berry Gordy

    as Self
  • Martha Reeves

    as Self
  • John Sinclair

    as Self
  • George Clinton

    as Self
  • Iggy Pop

    as Self
  • Marvin Gaye

    as Self (archive footage)
Production Benjamin Whalley Producer

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