Pointe Black
From Hannah TookeyAbout the film:
A promising young ballet dancer defies the odds. A short dance documentary exploring Parisienne ballet dancer Marie Astrid Mence's journey growing up as a black ballet dancer in an artform that's entrenched in privilege.
Comments:
Michael Borrego
This is a beautiful film! I felt very moved.
Maureen Casey
Fabulous film. Beautiful to watch and like the other commentator I felt very moved. I’ve always done ballet at an amateur level and have a love/hate relationship with it because it has until recently excluded so many people because they are not the ‘right’ body shape or colour. I was lucky enough to be given a photo of dancers at Dance Theatre of Harlem by Toni Parkes (daughter of Gordon Parkes) when she was their official photographer and your film is equally stunning.
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