Graced with one of the finest and most mercurial voices in jazz, Ella Fitzgerald was a titan of song during the five decades of her career. This illuminating doc traces Fitzgerald’s life from appearing at 16 in a talent contest at the Harlem Apollo while she was homeless to facing horrific racism as a singer in the 1940s before becoming one of the leading voices in the civil rights movement. Archive clips provide an insight into Fitzgerald’s huge talent. Ammar Kalia