VH1 Presents the 70's Right On! (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Music

VH1 Presents the 70's

Right On! (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Music

Explores the impact of the Black Power movement, Blaxploitation films, poverty and forced busing, and how Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder helped lead the politicization of black music in the early 70's.

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Updated Aug 22, 1996

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Aug 22, 1996 (United States)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
George Clinton Self Self See fewer	Cloverfield (2008)
Don Cornelius Self Self See fewer	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Marvin Gaye Self Self See fewer	High Fidelity (2000)
Daryl Hall Self Self See fewer	Ready Player One (2018)
Isaac Hayes Self Self See fewer	Escape from New York (1981)
Gladys Knight Self Self See fewer	Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Teddy Pendergrass Self Self See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)
Vernon Reid Self Self See fewer	Say Anything (1989)
Lionel Richie Self Self See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
Nile Rodgers Self Self See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Mavis Staples Self Self See fewer	My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Stevie Wonder Self Self See fewer	Wild Wild West (1999)