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

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 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.

Release: 2008-03-07
Runtime: 60 min
Cast
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
Self
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
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Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves
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John Sinclair
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George Clinton
George Clinton
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Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Self (archive footage)