The Five Heartbeats(1991)

movie - first aired/released 1991-03-29 - audience 7.3

Directed by Robert Townsend

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.