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Who Do You Love

also known as “Chess”
Moral Rating: not reviewed
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Primary Audience: Adults Teens
Genre: Biography Drama
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
Year of Release: 2008
USA Release: December 5, 2008
September 11, 2008 (Toronto Film Festival)
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Featuring Jon Abrahams, Tim Bellow, Brett Beoubay, Rus Blackwell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Chris Burnett, Joe Chrest, Heather Clark, Noell Coet, Joshua Davis, Miko DeFoor, Marika Dominczyk, Dominique DuVernay, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Thomas Elliott, J.D. Evermore, Lisa Goldstein, Russell M. Haeuser, TJ Hassan, Brent Henry, Albert H. Bongard IV, Elise Kaywood, Jeremy Evan Kerr, Cynthia LeBlanc, Elton LeBlanc, Ian Leson, Naima Imani Lett, Earl Maddox, Tendal Mann, Chi McBride, Roy McCrerey, Keb’ Mo', Crystal Morgan, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Ryan Puszewski, Kermit Rolison, Benjamin Pete Rose, Logan Stalarow, Martha Twombly, Rodney Wiseman
Director Jerry Zaks
Producer Les Alexander, Gideon Amir, Andrea Baynes, Dennis A. Brown, Robert Conte, Jonathan Mitchell, Peter Martin Wortmann
Distributor

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “The life story of legendary record producer Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records, the label that helped popularize Blues music during the 1950s and '60s.”

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Movie Critics
…rich in Chess hits …considerable drama… ultimately an entertaining story about a deeply lonely man. …
John Anderson, Variety