CALL ME DANCER

Dirs. Pip Gilmour and Leslie Shampaine | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2023 | 1 hr. 24 min. | English and Hindi with English subtitles

Followed by a discussion with film subject Manish Chauhan

Manish, a street dancer from Mumbai, struggles against his working-class parents' insistence that he follow a traditional path. When he secretly attends an inner-city dance school he meets Yehuda, a curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet master who recognizes the young man’s talent and helps him realize his dream to be a professional dancer. A story of hope, heartache, and hard work, this documentary has already won fifteen awards at other film festivals in the U.S. and Canada.

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