Film at CAT - Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

"Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things,” is a musical documentary that follows the extraordinary journey of one of America’s most popular jazz singers. 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. The film covers over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. Never-before-seen images and unheard interviews bring her to life and tell the story of her music as a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism. Conversations with many fellow artists including Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Andre Previn, and Ella's son, Ray Brown Jr. help us understand why she was one of the great voices of the 20th century. [2019, UK, 89 min, Rated: NR]. Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Presenter: Rehoboth Beach Film Society.