Dancing in A-Yard
- Documentary
Overview
In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.
Keywords
- los angeles
- california
- prison
- dance
- incarceration
- compassionate
- rehabilitation
- performing arts
- criminal justice
- criminal rehabilitation
- the arts
- los angeles, california
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 30, 2023
- Original language
- English
- Cast
- Jonathan Hammond,Tyson Atlas,Arshawn Green,Kenneth Webb,Baleegh Brown,Dr. Bidhan Ro,Dimitri Chamblas,Randolph Haliburton,Dimitri Gales,Antonio Toyand 2 more
- Director
- Manuela Dalle
- Producer
- Jean Martin,Carine Magescas
- Cinematography
- Vincent Venturella
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt29144538