No Rating
Genre
Documentary, Music, Comedy, History, Art, Dance, Entertainment, Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop & rap, Pop
Synopsis
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams looks at the storied history of the iconic Apollo Theater while following the Apollo's inaugural staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed "Between the World and Me."
Cast
Self
Angela Bassett
Self
Pharrell Williams
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Common
Self
Jamie Foxx
Florence Ballard
Doug E. Fresh
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self
Smokey Robinson
Savion Glover
Paul McCartney
Shirley Chisholm
Self (archive footage)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self
Charles B. Rangel
Self
Leslie Uggams
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Kamilah Forbes
Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Lauryn Hill
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt
Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Diana Ross
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Mary Wilson
Self
Gregg Field
Cholly Atkins
Charles 'Honi' Coles
Morocco Omari
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
