i wanted to tell the truth of who she is and how mr. gordyls about her. and so to be able to portray her from the time she's 15 to 39 is a magical experience because she started eoff an unknown and became a megasuperstar so you get to see her hard work paying off throughout the time line and you also get to see this beautiful love story between mr. gordy and ms. ross and we don't get to see that a lot with african-americans and so here we are promoting such a wonderful thing but not just love but also friendship and forgiveness and that is what i love more than anything. >> the moment that i felt the audience respond just overwhelmingly was when the jackson 5 comes out. and i thought, wait a minute. this is something more than just a performance. this is people in mourning. this is people in remembrance. the young boy who played him was amazing. you could feel the people were saying that there was a sense of loss and joy and celebration at the same time. >> there's a t-shirt at the motown museum that says live it again. and what we see every