In the end, the viewer sees the rise and fall of a music industry giant. Townsend manages to compress the most significant points of Motown into one film. Perhaps what is so significant about The Five Heartbeats is the fact that the story spans three decades. The Temptations, James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Frankie Lymon are among those whose stories are reflected in the film. The Five Heartbeats is the 20th Century Fox film directed by Robert Townsend that is loosely based on a number of successful African-American artists during the 1960s. The documentary, Making The Five Heartbeats, comes to Houston on August 27, 2018. Now, 27 years later, Townsend returns to give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the movie’s creation. Robert Townsend directed the film despite the discouragement that came his way from a few of his peers. The Five Heartbeats, which originally released in 1991 was the movie that went against every grain in Hollywood at the time.
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