Brown Girls Doc Mafia Hosts a Screening of the HBO Documentary Film “Apollo”

On Monday, December 30, 2019 at the NeueHouse NYC, the Brown Girls Doc Mafia held a special screening of the HBO Documentary Film, Apollo. Following the screening, there was a Q&A and Reception with film
Producer Lisa Cortés, Editor/Writer Jean Tsien (ACE) & Kamilah Forbes, Executive Producer, Apollo Theater.

Lisa Cortes, Kamilah Forbes, Nadia Hallgreen and Jean Tsien — Photo Credit: Antoine Debrill

The HBO documentary THE APOLLO, helmed by Oscar®- and Emmy®-winning director Roger Ross Williams, chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of New York City’s landmark Apollo Theater.

The panel discuss the process of making the Apollo documentary — Photo Credit: Antoine Debrill

The film weaves together archival clips of music, comedy and dance performances; behind-the-scenes verité footage of the team that makes the theater run; and interviews with such artists as Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Pharrell Williams, Common, Patti LaBelle and Smokey Robinson.

The Brown Girls Doc Mafia introduce the film for the evening — Photo: Credit: Antoine Debrill

While uncovering the rich history of the internationally renowned theater that has influenced American music and culture for 85 years, Williams also examines the current state of race in America, following a new multi-media adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling book “Between the World and Me” as it comes together on the theater’s grand stage.

For more information on the Apollo Theater, visit, the website.