It's still a fascinating watch following the young earnest musical genius that was Michael Jackson go from Motown to cutting his extraordinary solo album Off The Wall.
The 2106 documentary ashown again last Sunday on Prime was a welcome detour from the ever-churned out repeat Christmas/New Year movie fodder.
This doco focused on Jackson's determination and grit to break with his bros. Not because he's had enough of family but because he knew his own music had to be done.
He talked about how when he went to bed, woke, walked around ... everything he did was orchestrated by a continuous beat, song lyrics and getting into the recording studio for hours and releasing his personal musical genius.
It was also exciting watching him determined to play the role of scarecrow in the all-black musical The Wiz on Broadway. The way he finally wore everyone down to get the role and took that stage and played the most magnificent scarecrow ever.
Jackson's singing voice for me is like a bell, a true musicality where every note is pure and unsullied.