An immersive profile of ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Sensorial and archival-rich, the documentary captures the brilliant and enigmatic man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, was determined to build one that would.
Presented at Sundance and CPH:DOX film festivals.
Ailey
2021
General Audiences
95 min.
Documentary
USA
USA, art, biopic, documentary, international festivals, female directors
Colorido, P&B
Jamila Wignot
Naiti Gámez
Annukka Lilja
Lauren DeFilippo
Insignia Films
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Dogwoof
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