film

The Apollo

film

2020

2020

Plot

The award-winning film looks at the unique history and contemporary legacy of the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem while following the Apollo’s inaugural staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ acclaimed “Between the World and Me.” Winner of 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Program.

Director

Roger Ross Williams

writer

Roger Ross Williams, Cassidy Hartmann, Jean Tsien

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

November 22, 2020

Starring

Cholly Atkins, Florence Ballard, Angela Bassett