Ballet Black

Varicella

Seven-year-old Polina and her 13-year-old sister Nastia live and breathe ballet. Both of them are studying at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy in frigid

2015

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unpr

2005

Ballet, 'Le carnaval de Venise' II

A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.

1897

The King Who Invented Ballet

September 2015 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV of France and this documentary looks at how Louis XIV not only had a persona

2015

La couleur du temps

2008

Rhythm is it!

RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the

2004

Dance of the Little Swans: Vaganova Academy Auditions Young Dancers

Many young girls dream of becoming ballerinas, but only very few are prepared to apply the all-out effort and make the sacrifices that this dream dema

2016

Riots and Rumours of Riots

Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.

1981

KARO

Karolina Kuras is a Toronto-based ballet and portrait photographer. In this piece, we explore her creative collaboration with Canadian National Ballet

2018

Not Bad at All

Every weekend for six years, Jessica takes a bus from NYC, where she lives and works as a set decorator, to Boston, her hometown, where she cares for

Grove Carnival

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.

1981

Dancer

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

2016

A Delicate Balance

A Delicate Balance explores the life and dreams of young dancers at the dawn of adolescence. A tender and captivating documentary in which the student

2018

Ella

Ella Havelka made history in 2013 by becoming the first Indigenous dancer at the 50-year-old Australian Ballet. In this engaging, MIFF Premiere Fund-s

2016

Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to Manchester Docks

The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.

1911

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

"PUSHOUT" is a feature length film confronting the criminalization and miseducation of African American girls that has led to their alarming high scho

2019

Der Tänzer Heinz Bosl

A documentary about dancer Heinz Bosl who died in 1975 - aged 28.

1976

Carnival in Bissau

Documentary short that explores the meaning of the locals’ African identity through the Carnival festivities.

1980

Black Thoughts

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceive

2020

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

When he arrives in Saint Petersburg, at the age of 29, Marius Petipa is just an obscure dancer who fled western Europe to escape his debts. He is far

2018