Dancing in A-Yard (2023)
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In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.
- Release date
- September 30, 2023
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
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Crew
- Manuela Dalle · Director
- Jean Martin · Producer
- Pierre Aviat · Composer
- Vincent Venturella · Cinematographer
- Weston Cadwell · Editor