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On DVD, Reflections captures The Supremes’ (mostly) US TV performances, 1964-69, while Ross’s famous 1983 solo show in Central Park, New York was finally released in 2003 – a small consolation for those disappointed by the Covid cancellation of her Glastonbury bill-topping date. The movie Dreamgirls famously fictionalises the rise of Diana, Mary and Florence as well as Motown itself. Among many books over the years, Ross’s 1993 autobiography Secrets Of A Sparrow sets out her version, while Call Her Miss Ross: The Unauthorised Biography, is Randy J Taraborrelli’s hefty tome published in 1989. It’s been updated; Going Back, from 2004, offers a ‘scrapbook’ of mementoes and the late Mary Wilson has written Dreamgirls and, for the V&A tie-in, Supreme Glamour.