DANCE TO YOUR OWN BEAT

In these five extended shorts, dancers find their groove in very different ways.

In these five extended short films from the Netherlands, United States, Egypt, and Switzerland, people discover rhythm and dance in a range of places, from the streets to the stage to the auto repair shop (no, seriously!). An inspiring program with a documentary focus that showcases the uplifting spirit of dance.

Program Info

Runtime: 75 minutes

October 15 - October 24

Venue: Streaming on Marquee TV

$8.99 / $45 (shorts pass) / $50 (festival pass)

Program Films

Deez Nuts: Black Bodies Dancing Defiance

Film still from "Deez Nuts" documentary film by C. Kemal Nance at SFDFF 2021

Deez Nuts: Black Bodies Dancing Defiance examines the expressions of masculinity that emerge from being a Black dancing man in three African Diasporic communities.

C. Kemal Nance, Cristian Barreto-Avila

C Kemal Nance

Contemporary

(USA, 2020) 26:56 min

Belia

A dancer becomes an apprentice to the headmaster and owner of an auto-body-repair shop in Old Cairo, opening up new spaces for movement.

Eman Hussein

Contemporary

(Egypt, 2021) 9:51 min

Lisa

Lisa Cano, formerly with Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Opéra National du Rhin Ballet, Vienna Volksoper, and Vienna State Ballet ends her illustrious career of over 17 years during the Covid-19 lockdown

Manoela Gonçalves

Contemporary

(Switzerland, 2021) 4:42 min