documentary film "Standing in the Shadows of Motown"

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"Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is a documentary film that celebrates and uncovers the story of the Funk Brothers, the largely uncredited studio musicians behind many of Motown Records’ greatest hits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary film ⓘ
music documentary film ⓘ
about contributions of uncredited studio musicians ⓘ
history of Motown sound ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Allan Slutsky ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ⓘ
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film ⓘ
basedOn Standing in the Shadows of Motown (book) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Paul Elliott ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Paul Justman ⓘ
distributor Artisan Entertainment ⓘ
editedBy David Ray ⓘ
Nels Bangerter ⓘ
features archival footage ⓘ
interviews ⓘ
live performance segments ⓘ
reenactments ⓘ
featuresPerformer Ben Harper ⓘ
Bootsy Collins ⓘ
Chaka Khan ⓘ
Gerald Levert ⓘ
Joan Osborne ⓘ
Meshell Ndegeocello ⓘ
Montell Jordan ⓘ
Tom Scott ⓘ
focusesOn Motown studio band ⓘ
linked to: Motown house band

session musicians ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
documentary ⓘ
music film ⓘ
hasSoundtrackAlbum Standing in the Shadows of Motown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy the Funk Brothers ⓘ
linked to: The Funk Brothers

various Motown artists ⓘ
narrator Andre Braugher ⓘ
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Program ⓘ
portrays Benny Benjamin ⓘ
Bob Babbitt ⓘ
Earl Van Dyke ⓘ
Eddie "Bongo" Brown ⓘ
Eddie Willis ⓘ
Jack Ashford ⓘ
James Jamerson ⓘ
Joe Hunter ⓘ
Joe Messina ⓘ
Johnny Griffith ⓘ
Richard "Pistol" Allen ⓘ
Robert White ⓘ
Uriel Jones ⓘ
the Funk Brothers as a group ⓘ
producer Allan Slutsky ⓘ
Sandy Passman ⓘ
productionCompany Rising Tide Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate 2002-11-15 ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runtime approximately 108 minutes ⓘ
setIn Detroit ⓘ
subject Motown Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown

the Funk Brothers ⓘ
linked to: The Funk Brothers

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The Funk Brothers → subjectOf → documentary film "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" ⓘ
Uriel Jones → featuredIn → documentary film “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” ⓘ
linked to: documentary film "Standing in the Shadows of Motown"