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DEBUT Richards's fictionalized biography focuses on the tumultuous and triumphant early life of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Before she becomes famous, Ella is a girl from Brooklyn who just wants to dance. That dream almost comes to a screeching halt when her mother dies while Ella is still a teenager, causing Ella to move in with her aunt in Harlem. This is during the rise of the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More