Don’t Put Me in a Box

Program title graphic for "Don't Put Me in a Box" at SFDFF 2025

A globe-spanning portrait of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s genre-defying choreography and fearless artistic vision.

Step inside the singular creative world of choreographer, visionary, and cultural shapeshifter Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Don’t Put Me in a Box is an intimate documentary that follows Cherkaoui across two years and three continents as he blurs borders between traditions, aesthetics, and identities. From Sufi poetry to cyberpunk spectacle, the film reveals how Cherkaoui’s Flemish-Moroccan heritage and artistic curiosity converge in groundbreaking work that defies genre. Offering glimpses of rehearsal processes, sketchbooks, and social media posts, the film is as layered and genre-bending as the artist himself.

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Venue Accessibility: Brava Theater is located at 2781 24th Street. Curb cuts for the sidewalk to the Brava Theater Center are located on the corner of York and 24th Street. The entrance of the theater is on the ground floor and there is an elevator to seating in the upper level of the theater.

Program Info

Friday, November 7 at 5:30PM
Venue: Brava Theater
GA $20 / Arts Patron $40

Don't Put Me in a Box

Director: Romain Girard
Choreographer: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
(2024) 85 minutes