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Susan Glatzer on ALIVE AND KICKING and Community– Nell Minow interviews

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Nell Minow 1 Comment alive and kicking, dance documentaries, female directors, susan glatzer

The director of the new swing dance documentary Alive and Kicking knows her subject from the inside out. Susan Glatzer

AWFJ Movie of the Week, October 12-19: A BALLERINA’S TALE

October 12, 2015January 22, 2020 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments a ballerina's tale, dance documentaries, documentaries, george nelson, jennifer merin, misty copeland, nell minow, sandra kraisiredeja, sundance selects

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…