Motown Productions

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film production company television production company

Motown Productions was the film and television production arm of Motown Records, known for creating movies, TV specials, and series that extended the Motown brand beyond music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Motown Productions canonical	3
Motown	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film production company ⓘ television production company ⓘ
activity	produced feature films ⓘ produced television series ⓘ produced television specials ⓘ
associatedWith	ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Motown Records artists and catalog ⓘ
brand	Motown NERFINISHED ⓘ
brandExtensionOf	Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionChannel	television broadcast ⓘ theatrical release ⓘ
foundedBy	Berry Gordy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreFocus	music-related films ⓘ music-related television ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
industry	entertainment ⓘ film ⓘ television ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
mediaTypeProduced	feature film ⓘ television series ⓘ television special ⓘ
notableCollaborationWith	Berry Gordy NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jackson 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temptations NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	produced Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever TV special in 1983 ⓘ
notableFor	African-American-led casts ⓘ music-driven narratives ⓘ showcasing Motown artists on screen ⓘ
notableWork	Diana! (1971 TV special) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Sings the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahogany NERFINISHED ⓘ Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jackson 5ive NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temptations (miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	20th century ⓘ
parentOrganization	Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Motown entertainment empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	extend Motown brand beyond music ⓘ
subjectFocus	African-American music culture ⓘ Motown Records artists ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lonesome Dove → productionCompany → Motown Productions ⓘ

Mahogany (film) → productionCompany → Motown Productions ⓘ

Thank God It's Friday → productionCompany → Motown Productions ⓘ

Ain't That Asking for Trouble → productionCompany → Motown Productions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motown