Poll: Best black biographical music film

Which is the one?

  • The Temptations

  • Cadillac Records

  • Ray

  • Five Heartbeats

  • Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

  • Straight Outta Compton

  • Get Rich Or Die Tryin

  • What's Love Got To Do With It?

  • Dreamgirls

  • Other

  • The Jacksons: American Dream

  • The New Edition Story

  • Notorious

  • Get On Up


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the elastic

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I know the Five Heartbeats aren't a real group :stopitslime:

They were based on The Dells, though :yeshrug:

And Dreamgirls were based on The Supremes


Let me know if I forgot any of the major ones
 

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I'd say The Five Heartbeats is the gold standard - acting, directing, story
The Jacksons is the gold standard for TV adapts
Other than New Edition, most of them are trash.

OOOOHHHHH, Bird is great. Forrest Whitaker as Bird Parker
 

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Ray was the only one of those that i feel would be an awards contender type film.
 
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