There are plenty to go around here, from current people (Questlove gets a lot of time, and no wonder as he is a fantastic person to talk about this subject and album), to Stevie Wonder and Berry Gordy and on and on.
It should be said that there are a lot of talking heads here, but what's commendable and great is that Lee doesn't just focus on musicians. With Lee, he gives this story the fullest possible context in a full 110 minutes - how "MJ" (as he decided to call himself, by the way, before any fans) got to make this record, his first as a solo artist, is essential to discover. In lessor hands the story of how Michael Jackson made Off the Wall would be informative and probably interesting, up to a point, but perhaps it would get a little too technical and miss the emotion behind the songs (I'm reminded of the many Classic Album documentary episodes out there, like for Who's Next or Metallica's black album and so on and on). 4 Little Girls, the two Katrina documentaries and, if one counts it, his 'concert' movies of Original Kings of Comedy, Huey Newton, Passing Strange - the man is a master at getting people comfortable to open up on camera, and to just bring his skills as a storyteller to show why something is SO important.
When it comes to Spike Lee as a director of documentaries, he is practically untouchable. Reviewed by Quinoa1984 9 / 10 Spike Lee doing an episode of 'Classic Albums'.
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