Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

IMDb 7.1 2019 • 89 min • DocumentaryMusicHistory

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage)