Ella
During a recording session of Gershwin’s songbook, Ella sings her love songs — scatting through her darkest notes.
Screenings
Virtual
Availability BeginsFriday, August 79:00PM EDT
Directors Spotlight
Nikki Taylor-Roberts
Director
Nikki Taylor-Roberts is an Emmy-nominated, NAACP Image Award winning writer-director. She blends emotional realism with elevated cinematic storytelling and commands a lyricism in her work. She’s an episodic director on shows like NBC’s Chicago Med. She is a writer-director in the inaugural cohort of Proof of Concept. She has a fine arts background.
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 17 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Nikki Taylor-Roberts
- Screenwriter
- Nikki Taylor-Roberts; Co-Writer - Anthea Piscarik
- Producers
- Jay Thames, Meleisha J. Edwards, Sophia Waston
- Executive Producers
- Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini, Dr. Stacey Smith, Shawn Gee, Jill Scott, Adam Blackstone
- Co Producer
- María Fernanda Ramos-Francia Ylizaliturri
- Cast
- Jill Scott, Destinee Rae McGinnis, Jon Chaffin, Tom Martin, Elisha Lawson, Dennis Staroselsky, Laurence Blum
- Cinematographer
- Santiago Gonzalez
- Editors
- Doug Lane, Nikki Taylor-Roberts
- Production Design
- Daniel Ornitz
- Composer
- Adam Blackstone
- Sound Design
- Vinny Alfano
- Premiere
- East Coast