The Five Heartbeats

Starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright and Leon, this music drama looks back upon the rise and fall of a popular African-American 1950s singing aggregation. They start out singing for fun in living rooms and street corners, they perform in local amateur nights, they gain an audience of friends and neighbors, and then they’re spotted by a talent scout who wants two things - to make them stars, and to rip them off.