Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

1h 29m
DocumentaryMusicHistory
7.1

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.

Cast

Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Leslie Woodhead
Director
Ian Meller
Editor
Roger Chapman
Director of Photography
David Waterston
Director of Photography
Andrew Muggleton
Director of Photography
Tim Sutton
Director of Photography
Peter Nelson
Director of Photography
Reggie Nadelson
Producer
Peter Worsley
Supervising Producer

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