The DocArena Podcast: Episode 11 – Jamila Wignot (Ailey)
In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Jamila Wignot about her documentary Ailey.Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Directed by Jamila Wignot, the celebrated documentary is an immersive profile of ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Ailey, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey captures the brilliant and enigmatic man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, was determined to build one that would.Ailey is a sensorial, archival-rich story that traces the full contours of this…
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