Overview
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Director and cast
- Pharrell Williams as Self
- Jamie Foxx as Self
- Patti LaBelle as Self
- Smokey Robinson as Self
- Angela Bassett as Self
- James Brown as Self (archive footage)
- Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)
- Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)
- Redd Foxx as Self (archive footage)
- Aretha Franklin as Self (archive footage)
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