“The inventiveness and virtuosity will dazzle you, but the depth and eloquence of her rendition of “Summertime” will stir your soul.” (Boston Globe)
“The best thing about “Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things,” other than the music, is the way it evokes an era and reminds us that its subject was one of the great voices of the 20th century.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
“A jazz movie whose dominant mode – amid valiant efforts to mine some personal sorrow – is actual musical joy? We’ll take it.” (Variety)
Sunday, August 30
Doors 3:30 pm | Movie 4:00 pm *Start time subject to change.
Advance tickets $15 HERE | $15 at the door
Sunday, September 6
Doors 3:45 pm | Movie 4:15 pm *Start time subject to change.
Advance tickets $15 HERE | $15 at the door
PLEASE NOTE: All of the Rio Theatre’s screenings are operating at a sharply reduced capacity. We can’t guarantee availability of tickets at the door, so advance tickets for all screening events are strongly recommended. Our online box office can be found at www.riotheatretickets.ca. Online sales for every screening automatically end 1 hour before any given showtime.
ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (Leslie Woodhead, 2020 / 89 mins / G) 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 her extraordinary journey, charting the beginning of the legendary jazz singer’s career and documents how her virtuosic singing helped her to overcome sexism, racism, and sizeism in her time.