| HBO | Season Premiere Date: November 6, 2019 |
Summary:
Roger Ross Williams documentary about New York City's Apollo Theater includes archival footage, behind-the-scenes footage of how the theater runs today as well as interviews with such artists as Patti LaBelle, Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson, and Jamie Foxx.
Genre(s):
News/Documentary, Documentary, Music
Season 1 Episodes
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Apr 25, 2019
Nov 3, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
On Amateur Night, the excitement was in knowing that you could see just about anything (including an act that might change the world). And that’s the excitement of watching “The Apollo.” The movie, through its addictive and exhaustively researched film and video clips, salutes a shocking range of genius.
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Apr 25, 2019
IndieWire
Apr 25, 2019
It’s a worthy salute to the theater’s role in sustaining African American performance art through periods of great turmoil, and provides a conduit for exploring how a beacon for black achievement functions from the inside out. Having said that, “The Apollo” doesn’t work overtime to ask the most probing questions. It’s hard not to watch the movie without considering the issues it glosses over that might have given this absorbing chronicle more of an investigative flair.
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Air Date: November 6, 2019
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