Critic Reviews

Streetlight Harmonies manages to conjure up some compelling and highly evocative vignettes.

Like a fan excitedly showing off their record collection, the documentary Streetlight Harmonies flips through its history of doo-wop telling a tale both tuneful and essential in the development of rhythm & blues, rock and roll and civil rights.

Sure, it’s a surface gloss treatment of the subject, mentioning the racism groups encountered, the financial exploitation rampant back then (and on through *NSYNC). But Streetlight Harmonies is valuable in rounding up a lot of the first and second generation stars and getting their memories on film before they die off.