Directed by:
Roger Ross WilliamsCinematography:
Michael DwyerCast:
Jamie Foxx, Pharrell Williams, Patti LaBelle, Angela Bassett, Savion Glover, Leslie Uggams, James Brown (a.f.), Duke Ellington (a.f.), Ella Fitzgerald (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Harlem’s Apollo Theater is a sacred space, a vibrant institution that has been at the center of the African American cultural experience for over a century. In his dynamic portrait of the Apollo, Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams brings the theater’s incredible history to life with live performances, archival footage, and contemporary interviews that explore the institution’s legacy and continuing importance as an arts institution, highlighted by a behind the scenes look at the process of creating a theatrical presentation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. The Apollo is an act of love and preservation, a must-see for music fans, and a vital reminder of the power of the arts to give voice to the concerns of our times. (Montclair Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jamie Foxx
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Ray (2004)
Soul (2020)
Pharrell Williams
USA
Best movies:
Sing 2 (2021)
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Patti LaBelle
USA
Best movies:
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006) (TV movie)
Fire and Rain (1989) (TV movie)
Angela Bassett
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Soul (2020)
Contact (1997)
Savion Glover
USA
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Leslie Uggams
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Deadpool (2016)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
James Brown (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Rocky IV (1985)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Duke Ellington (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Ella Fitzgerald (a.f.)
USA
Redd Foxx (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Harlem Nights (1989)
Aretha Franklin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (1991) (video compilation)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Lauryn Hill (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
King of the Hill (1993)
Restaurant (1998)
Billie Holiday (a.f.)
USA
Gladys Knight (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Moms Mabley (a.f.)
USA
Diana Ross (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (2022) (concert)
The Wiz (1978)
Smokey Robinson
USA
Best movies:
The Temptations (1998) (TV movie)
Knights of the City (1986)
Last Holiday (2006)