LEAVING LEGACIES

Masters pass on their craft to their descendants in these four documentary shorts.

These four documentary shorts celebrate and uplift the legacies of storied dance teachers and traditions. The program begins in the East Bay with profiles of boogaloo pioneer Big Dubb and the Indigenous Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. Then, it ventures to Haiti and Pakistan for heartfelt portraits of two master teachers.

Co-Presenter: World Arts West / Dance Mission Theater

Program Info

Runtime: 69 minutes

October 15 - October 24

Venue: Streaming on Marquee TV

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

Program Films

Big Dubb

A nostalgic ride through the memory of Big Dubb — a true West Oakland boogaloo dance pioneer

Mira Campau

Darrin Hodges

(USA, 2021) 9:10 min

Hip-Hop/Street

Chishkale: The Blessing of the Acorn

Bernadette Smith, from the Manchester band of Pomo Indians, weaves the story of her Tan Oak conservation efforts into a contemporary Indigenous dance piece created to honor the sacred, traditional food of California Natives

Linda Mai Green

Rulan Tangen

(USA, 2020) 4:56 min

Folk / World

In the Heart of Vivianne Gauthier

A portrait of Vivianne Gauthier, a tenacious, energetic, disciplined, and singular dancer, choreographer and teacher who built her life around preserving traditional Haitian dance, which in turn transformed her into an emblematic figure of Haitian culture

Marie-Claude Fournier

Vivianne Gauthier

(Canada, 2017) 11:55 min

Folk / World