

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.

Self (archive footage)

Movie / 1984

Movie / 1966

Movie / 1997

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2023

Movie / 2008

Movie / 1999

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Movie / 1982

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Movie / 1988

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2017

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Movie / 1985

Movie / 1972

Movie / 2010

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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.

Movie / 1984

Movie / 1966

Movie / 1997

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2023

Movie / 2008

Movie / 1999

Movie / 2007

Movie / 1982

Movie / 1998

Movie / 2010

Movie / 1988

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2017

Movie / 2015

Movie / 1985

Movie / 1972

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2009