The Five Heartbeats

Drama, Music

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Robert Townsend

Status Released

Release Date 1991-03-29

Storyline

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.