A BALLERINA’S TALE
Directed by NELSON GEORGE

Date
September 10, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
NELSON GEORGE
COUNTRY
USA
RUNNING TIME
85 mins
YEAR
2015
LANGUAGE
English
ABOUT THE FILM
Sneak backstage into the world of Misty Copeland as she works to become a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Ballet fans will appreciate the insider view and dance footage. But the glamour and artistry come with a public face that remains almost exclusively white, and a set of bodies that are coerced to conform to a particular vision of feminine beauty. Muscular, black, working-class Misty doesn’t conform, and her struggles as she upsets stereotypes, moves up through social classes, and battles personal injury give depth to her eventual triumph. A little ballet history shows how this art started: we are challenged to consider how we can help ballet mature.
Awards
Best Documentary 2015, African-American Film Critics Association