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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ & The Apollo Celebrate Theater’s History In Digital Special

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the Apollo Theater have partnered on A Marvelous Night at the Apollo, a one-hour digital special celebrating the historic theater and its connection to the Amazon series. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the special is a three-part conversation piece covering comedy, music and dance featuring…

Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams On His Emmy-Nominated ‘The Apollo’ And Upcoming Special With Oprah, Ta-Nehisi Coates

In 2019 filmmaker Roger Ross Williams contended for an Emmy with his VR documentary Traveling While Black, a sensory experience that told the true story of the Negro Motorist Green Book (as opposed to the 2018 Oscar-winning film, which opted for a white-centric storyline). With final 2020 Emmy voting now underway…

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Bert Marcus, Producer Of Cannes Certain Regard Title ‘Bull’ & Documentary Filmmaker, Inks With WME

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker, producer and financier Bert Marcus, principal of Bert Marcus Film and Bert Marcus Production, has signed with WME. Marcus’ latest production, Bull, made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last year and went on to win Deauville's Grand Jury Prize and SXSW's "Lone…

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Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Producer Brian Moreland, Phylicia Rashad And John Legend Were Set To Take Broadway To The Apollo, And Then The Pandemic Arrived

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

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“There’s So Much History”: ‘The Apollo’ Director Roger Ross Williams On Cultural, Political Impact Of Famed Harlem Theater

There are few cultural institutions in the United States to rival the importance of The Apollo Theater in Harlem. For going on a hundred years the 1,500-seat venue has showcased the foremost African-American talent, from Duke Ellington to Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Richard Pryor, Marvin Gaye, and…

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Tribeca Film Festival Celebrates Harlem Landmark With Opening Night HBO Doc ‘The Apollo’; Robert De Niro Gets An ‘Amen’ For Slamming Trump

The Tribeca Film Festival in recent years has opened with documentaries about the soul and institutions that are pillars of New York City, whether with subjects like Saturday Night Live or local native and music mogul Clive Davis, and this year was no exception as the 18th Robert De Niro-Jane Rosenthal co-created…

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