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Ailey

Sun, Aug 29 / 6pm
Tue, Aug 31 / 7pm
Wed, Sept 1 / 7pm
Fri, Sept 3 / 7pm *
Sat, Sept 4 / 4:50pm *
Wed, Sept 8 / 7pm (screening cancelled)
Directed by Jamila Wignot
2021, USA, 82 min

September 3 & 4 screenings introduced by Rachael McLaren, a local dancer who studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. Ailey traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, director Jamila Wignot weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.

Reviews

There are those in life who were meant to break through and set standards. Ailey is one of them. His accomplishments and legacies are verified by this reverent and galvanizing film.
– Dwight Brown, Afro
Taking a personal approach, director Jamila Wignot shows Ailey at his most passionate and vulnerable, all while emphasizing the artistic storytelling of dance.
– Josiah Teal, Film Threat
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The Winnipeg Film Group is an artist-run education, production, exhibition and distribution centre committed to promoting the art of cinema.
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We’re located in the heart of Winnipeg's historic Exchange District in the Artspace building. We are across the street from Old Market Square at the corner of Arthur Street and Bannatyne - one block west of Main.

The Winnipeg Film Group is located on Treaty 1 Territory and on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and in the homeland of the Métis Nation. We offer our respect and gratitude to the traditional caretakers of this land.

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