ELLA FITZGERALD

JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS

 Year: 2018

 

Duration: 90 minutes

 

Eagle Rock Films 

for Eagle Rock Entertainment

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Credits:

 

Director: Leslie Woodhead

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Producer: Reggie Nadelson

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Supervising Producer: Peter Worsley

 

Executive Producers: Geoff Kempin & Terry Shand

 

 

Tracing the story of Ella Fitzgerald’s life, this documentary film explores how her music became a soundtrack for a tumultuous century. From a 1934 talent contest at the Apollo theatre in Harlem, the film follows Ella’s extraordinary journey across 5 decades as she reflects the passions and troubles of the times in her music and her life.

 

Moving beyond conventional biopic, the film uses images and music to evoke the feel of those times so as to bring to life the context of Ella’s unique career, featuring interviews from Smokey Robinson, Jamie Cullum, Tony Bennett, Norma Miler.

 

Images Courtesy of Getty Images.