Director
Reginald Hudlin
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Clarence Avant
Self
Hank Aaron
Gwen Adolph
Self - Clarence Avant's Biographer
Dina R. Andrews
Alex Avant
Self - Son of Clarence, Founder of All Star Entertainment
Jacqueline Avant
Self - Wife of Clarence
Nicole Avant
Self - Daughter of Clarence Avant
Irving Azoff
Self - Former Chairman of MCA Records
Danny Bakewell
Self - Civil Rights Activist
Candace Bond-McKeever
Self - Former Executive at Motown Records
Jim Brown
Self - Legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer
Cherrelle
Bill Clinton
Self - 42nd President of the United States of America
Oscar Cohen
Self - President of Associated Booking Corporation
Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Shakim Compere
Self - Film Producer, Co-Founder of Flavor Unit Entertainment
Tony Cornelius
Self - Son of Don Cornelius
Clive Davis
Self - Founder of Arista Records
Suzanne De Passe
Self - Co-Founder, Gordy
Jeff Dixon
Self - Co-Manager of Ludacris
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Self - Co-Founder of LaFace Records
Harold Ford
Self - Former United States Congressman
Jamie Foxx
Self - Academy Award Winning Actor
Jesus Garber
Self - Former Head of Promotions for A&M Records
David Geffen
Self - Business Magnate, Producer, Film Studio Executive and Philanthropist
Nelson George
Self - Music and Culture Historian
Ron Gillyard
Self - Record Executive, Grammy Award Winning Producer
Berry Gordy
Self - Founder of Motown Records
Lucian Grainge
Self - CEO of Universal Music Group
Andre Harrell
Self - Founder of Uptown Records
Kamala Harris
Self - United States Senator from California
Julius Hollis
Self - Founder of Alliance for Digital Equality
Zach Horowitz
Self - Former CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
Cathy Hughes
Self - Founder of Radio One
Jesse Jackson
Jimmy Jam
Quincy Jones
Self - Composer
Stan Lathan
Self - Director of 'Save the Children'
Terry Lewis
David Lombard
Self - Talent Manager
Ludacris
Tracy Maitland
Founder of Advent Capital Management, LLC
Brian Mathis
Self - Member of Obama's Finance Committee
Steve McKeever
Benny Medina
Self - Former Head of A&R for Motown Records
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film and Culture Scholar
Jerry Moss
Self - Co-Founder of A&M Records
Barack Obama
Self - 44th President of the United States of America
Jonathan Platt
Self - CEO of Sony
L.A. Reid
Lionel Richie
Dolores Robinson
Ted Sarandos
Self - Son-in-Law of Clarence, CCO of Netflix
Lalo Schifrin
Self - Pianist, Composer, Arranger and Conductor
Al Sharpton
Sid Sheinberg
Self - President and COO of MCA Inc and Universal Studios
Joe Smith
Self - Former President of Warner Bros. Records
Snoop Dogg
Abe Somer
Self - Clarence's Former Lawyer
Ron Sweeney
Self - Entertainment Attorney for Clarence
Jimmy Thomas
Self - Assistant to Clarence Avant
Mike Traylor
Self - Former Attorney for Clarence Avant
Cicely Tyson
Self - Tony, Oscar and Three-Time Emmy Award Winning Actress
Bill Withers
Self - Three-Time Grammy Award Winning Singer
Tomica Wright
Self - Clarence's Former Executive Assistant, CEO of Ruthless Records (as Tomica Woods-Wright)
Andrew Young
Chaka Zulu
Cannonball Adderley
Self (archiveFootage)
Muhammad Ali
Louis Armstrong
J. Paul Austin
Self - Former Chairman of Coca-Cola (archiveFootage)
Toni Braxton
Jerry Brown
George Bush
Al Capone
Jimmy Carter
Dick Clark
Dennis Coffey
Sammy Davis Jr.
Roberta Flack
David Frost
Gallery
Themselves (archiveFootage)
Marvin Gaye
Dizzy Gillespie
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Joe Glaser
Self - Founder of Associated Booking Company (as Joseph G. Glaser) (archiveFootage)
Isaac Hayes
Al Haymon
Self - Music and Boxing Promoter (archiveFootage)
Jackson 5
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
Little Willie John
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ted Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Sid Korshak
Self - Lawyer for Joe Glaser and Al Capone (as Sidney Korshak) (archiveFootage)
Alain Levy
Self - Chairman of Polygram (archiveFootage)
Thurgood Marshall
Curtis Mayfield
Mamie Till Mobley
Art Modell
Self - Owner, Cleveland Browns 1961-95 (archiveFootage)
Richard Nixon
The Notorious B.I.G.
Alexander O'Neal
Outkast
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Rare Earth
Rodriguez
Babe Ruth
The S.O.S. Band
Angie Seegers
Marketing And Publicity
Jimmy Smith
Steven Spielberg
Creed Taylor
Self - Record Producer (archiveFootage)
The Temptations
Emmett Till
TLC
Dinah Washington
Lew Wasserman
Self - Chairman (archiveFootage)
David L. Wolper
Self - Director and Producer (as David Wolper) (archiveFootage)
Walter Yetnikoff
Don Cornelius
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)