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Only a small fraction of African American ballerinas make it to the highest level of classical ballet. Misty Copeland emerged as part of the American Ballet Theater as a soloist. In 2013, she starred in Stravinski’s The Firebird Suite. On the opening night, having won everyone over, she discovered that she had six fractures in her shin. We meet the dancer at a crucial moment, going through her painful fight and culminating in an unexpected third act, when she rises again not just as a ballerina, but as a pop star. Misty is currently ABT’s Prima Ballerina.
Nelson George
Nasceu em 1957, no Brooklyn. Entre 1982 e 1989, foi editor da revista Bilboard. Escreveu os livros Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound e The Death of Rhythm & Blues. Seu primeiro envolvimento com cinema foi ajudando o cineasta Spike Lee a financiar seu primeiro filme. Estreou na direção com o telefilme Juntos pela vida (2007). Dirigiu os documentários The Announcement (2012) e Finding the Funk (2013), entre outros.
