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En Avant (2022)
Directed by Sarah Jean Williams
“How far would you go to take a bow?”
Drama · 12m
“En Avant” highlights the internal struggle of a Black ballerina with self-acceptance as she faces racism in a white-dominated art form. It tells the story of one's battle with self-love through black-and-white imagery. After being cast in the lead role of a professional ballet, Ragan is pressured by the ballet’s director to lighten her skin with make-up, in order to be consistent with the white dancers on stage. She reluctantly goes along with the request, but with each performance in the lighter make-up, she feels more degraded. When a young adoring fan tells her she wants to be just like her, the dancer cannot continue to perform feeling such shame. She makes a decision to be authentic, and dance freely, in her own skin.
Cast
Toi'ya Leatherwood
Kevin Scott Allen
Anaïs Blake
Crew
- Director
- Sarah Jean Williams
- Writer
- Sarah Jean Williams
- Editor
- Douglas Yablun
Details
- Release date
- 2022-04-28
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America