Himself
Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life, this immersive portrait follows a man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, determined to build one that would.
Self
Uprooted es un documental que celebra la historia, el linaje y las progresiones futuras de la danza jazz. Explorando y comentando las influencias políticas y sociales, la película es una conversación honesta que aborda temas como la apropiación, el racismo, el socialismo y el sexismo. Con apariciones especiales de Debbie Allen, George Faison, Chita Rivera, Camille, A. Brown y Thomas F. DeFrantz. Uprooted también muestra los trabajos de los Hermanos Nicholas, Pepsi Bethel, Jack Cole, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse y Gene Kelly, arrojando luz sobre lo que todos tenemos en común: el ritmo y la necesidad humana básica de pasárselo bien.
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Himself
Broomfield's behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production.
