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Ghetto Ballet

2009 · 35 min

A quiet, hopeful documentary that watches determined kids reach for a way out through discipline and dance.

Directed by
Jeremy Simmons
Genres
Documentary
Tagline
For a way out, they had to stay on their toes.
Overview
Gehtto Ballet follows the inter-linked stories of a number of students in a groundbreaking program called Dance For All. The raison d'etre of the program - founded by Philip Boyd and his late wife Phyllis Spira - is to give disadvantaged kids in the townships the opportunity to study ballet and, if they are lucky, find a way out by joining a professional ballet company.

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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • ambition
    • identity
    • education
    • race
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jeremy Simmons
    Runtime
    35 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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