a ballerina’s tale

Opening October 14, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is A Ballerina’s Tale, George Nelson’s stirring documentary about African-American ballerina Misty Copeland’s life and career arc from her discovery of ballet at the age of 13, through her studies and acceptance into a ballet company where she defied prejudice against dancers of color to grand jete herself from the corps de ballet into the spotlight. Read on…