…Sings Musicals (2012)

January. 15,2012

BBC archive performances from musicals, including Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife, Captain Sensible performing a classic from South Pacific and Jay Z taking on Annie.

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Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)

[2019] The Apollo [1990] Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration [1967] Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim [1963] Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia [1960] Let No Man Write My Epitaph [1958] St. Louis Blues

Jay-Z as Self (archive footage)

[2022] jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy [2021] 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony [2020] Black Is King [2019] Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé [2018] Quincy [2016] J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming

Terry Hall as Self (archive footage)

[2020] The Go-Go's [2010] The Specials: 30th Anniversary Tour [1994] Do You Remember The First Time? [1981] Dance Craze

Reviews

Chirphymium

2012/01/15

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Abbigail Bush

2012/01/16

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Rio Hayward

2012/01/17

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Kayden

2012/01/18

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama