Dancing in A-Yard
Movie - 72mins
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.
Cast:
Terry
Bell
Tyson
Atlas
Albert
'AJ'
Arshawn
Green
Randolph
Haliburton
Dimitri
Chamblas
Dr.
Bidhan
Dimitri
Gales
Kenneth
Webb
Antonio
Toy
Jonathan
Hammond
Baleegh
Brown
Terry
Bell
Tyson
Atlas
Albert
'AJ'
Arshawn
Green
Randolph
Haliburton
Dimitri
Chamblas
Dr.
Bidhan
Dimitri
Gales
Kenneth
Webb
Antonio
Toy