The celebrated jazz and scat singer Ella Fitzgerald is the subject of "Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things," a suitably affectionate documentary portrait that walks us through her life and career, from her first appearance, as a skinny, nervous teen, on the stage of the Apollo Theater's Amateur Night, to her death in 1996 at 79 (two years after having both of her legs amputated because of diabetes).

By Ann Hornaday and Michael O'Sullivan With at least 18 states having taken up the issue of gerrymandering in recent years - considering and, in most cases, passing legislation that would combat the partisan redistricting of political maps - the documentary "Slay the Dragon" comes at the peak of a populist wave.