Mindboggling to see what kind of black artists did perform in the history of the Apollo theatre in Harlem, New York City.
The good: the best part of this documentary was the portrayal of the golden olden days during the thirties, with Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington. And how about watching a 12 year old Stevie Wonder perform? Or James Brown, with his famous album "Live at the Apollo". Terrific!
Any bad? During the seventies this historic music theatre went bankrupt, as did most of Harlem. During the nineties (up to now) there fortunately has been a revival of this glorious music theatre, but it has never shone as brightly as during the golden olden days of the thirties.
This documentary would have fared better if it would have only focussed on the birth of this theatre during the thirties. Now it has become a bit disjointed in structure, with too many lapses in time. Still a nice watch...
The good: the best part of this documentary was the portrayal of the golden olden days during the thirties, with Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington. And how about watching a 12 year old Stevie Wonder perform? Or James Brown, with his famous album "Live at the Apollo". Terrific!
Any bad? During the seventies this historic music theatre went bankrupt, as did most of Harlem. During the nineties (up to now) there fortunately has been a revival of this glorious music theatre, but it has never shone as brightly as during the golden olden days of the thirties.
This documentary would have fared better if it would have only focussed on the birth of this theatre during the thirties. Now it has become a bit disjointed in structure, with too many lapses in time. Still a nice watch...