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Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown 2xGrammy Winner Movie Credits
“Who Are The Funk Brothers?”
“What was the Motown Sound?”
This film is based on a book of the same title by Mr. Allan Slutsky that won the 1989 Rolling Stone/BMI Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award.
Mr. Slutsky a New Jersey-based musician, author, and movie producer who worked for 14 years in putting together the movie, told me that after a theatrical run, the film will go to cable and then be released on tape and DVD.
The documentary movie has already played in Los Angeles for a week in December 2001 in order to qualify for next year’s Academy Awards, but that its official world premiere will be in Detroit in January or February of 2002.
Produced by Paul Elliott and David Scott, Executive Producers Allan Slutsky, Paul Justman, Sandy Passman and Karen Ellis Founder and CEO of this site the Educational CyberPlayGround.
THE FUNK BROTHERS
2x GRAMMY WINNERS
12/14/2001 The Music Division of the Library of Congress
Presents the first preview showing of “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” a documentary film as part of “I Hear America Singing,” a major initiative to celebrate this nation’s rich musical heritage.
12/16/02 WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY. — New York Film Critics Circle
10/12/03 Funk Brothers Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2/3/03 45th & 46th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS
BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK and BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE: ” What’s Going On” – The Funk Brothers & Chaka Khan
WATCH Documentary: Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
The story of the Funk Brothers, the musicians who played on hundreds of MOTOWN hits in the 60s & 70s.
In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit’s thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company – Motown. This documentary tells the unforgettable story of the Funk Brothers.