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Ways to Fly

2025

When her barrettes mess up her pirouettes, an excitable, hyper-focused Black girl must power through the distractions -- and her mother's expectations -- to fly like the ballerinas do.

Step Aside

2023 · ★ 8

A larger than life comedy about a dance world diva who inadvertently gets her team disqualified from the big competition and the ridiculous lengths she'll go to get them back on top.

Daddy's Got Moves

2019 · ★ 10

An under-appreciated father, living a humdrum middle-class life, is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight—and soon he is regarded as never before.

Go! Go! Cory Carson: The Chrissy

2020 · ★ 4.8

The Carson kids win a talent show with a dance that Cory created. But when "The Chrissy" catches on, his little sister gets all of the attention.

People Get Ready

2025 · ★ 10

Archival footage short film inspired by the director's father's life in the 70s, the transition from girlhood into womanhood as well as black history and party culture. Sound made (regrettably) using AI prompts.

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

1991 · ★ 6.4

In this surreal documentary, Werner Herzog shows us how, following a saint’s suggestion, the king of Udaipur invited various artists and tribes from many cultures across India to celebrate life and ward off evil.

Palucca

1972

Palucca follows the legendary Dresden dancer and dance teacher Gret Palucca (1902–1993) as she introduces her students to dance as an art form. It also features excerpts from her solo performances, with which she significantly influenced the visual language of modern expressive dance starting in the 1920s.

You Can Tutu

2017 · ★ 7

A heart-warming family film about one girl's dream of dancing in the lead and realizing the only way to do it, is believing that you can.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008 · ★ 6.5

Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996 · ★ 7.1

Isolated in the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo longs to experience the world beyond the cathedral walls, despite the wishes of his stern guardian, the Judge of Paris Claude Frollo. His first venture into the city leads him to Esmeralda, a fearless Romani woman whose defiance of Frollo's tyranny draws her—and Quasimodo—into his dangerous obsession.

Dance Together

2019 · ★ 8

Dance Together follows two teen girls brought together by a passionate need to express themselves. Holly, an injured dancer, and Alex, a shy girl who is Deaf, have a chance meeting that sparks a creative partnership. Alex introduces Holly to American Sign Language poetry and helps her gain the confidence to stand up to her bullies, while Holly helps Alex add a dancer's flair to her poetry routine that just might put her group over the top. Dance Together features original and licensed songs along with stunning choreography.