Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS retraces this extraordinary journey.
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Genre: Biography, Documentary, Music
Director: Leslie Woodhead
Actors: Ella Fitzgerald, Gregg Field, Judith Tick, Laura Mvula, Margo Jefferson, Norma Miller, Patti Austin, Ray Brown Jr., Sophie Okonedo, Tony Bennett, Will Friedwald
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