Longtime alum Roger Ross Williams’ new documentary tells the rich history of the Apollo Theate
Longtime alum Roger Ross Williams’ new documentary tells the rich history of the Apollo Theater in Harlem – The Apollo is available to stream for free in April on HBO. “It’s 85 years of the history of black music and black entertainment in this country. We used music and art to lift ourselves out of oppression.” - Roger Ross WilliamsWilliams received a 2011 Sundance Documentary Fund Grant for his first feature length documentary God Loves Uganda, attended the Documentary Edit and Story Lab with the film in 2012, and premiered it during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Life, Animated, Roger Ross Williams’ second feature documentary, premiered at the 2016 Festival and won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary.Most recently Roger Ross Williams attended the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with Traveling While Black, an installation and VR experience at New Frontier.Stream The Apollo on HBO and check out the trailer below:Photo of Roger Ross Williams during the Sundance Film Festival premiere of Life, Animated. © 2016 Sundance Institute | Photo by Jonathan Hickerson -- source link
#the apollo#apollo theater#harlem#landmark#black music#black entertainment#history#sundance institute#life animated#doc film#documentary#movies#film history#stream#influential#storytelling#indie film#independent film#sundance