Dancing in A-Yard

Dancing in A-Yard (2023)

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.

Date of release
2023-09-30
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Manuela Dalle

Casting

  • Dimitri Chamblas — Himself
  • Dr. Bidhan Ro — Himself
  • Dimitri Gales — Himself
  • Kenneth Webb — Himself
  • Antonio Toy — Himself
  • Jonathan Hammond — Himself
  • Baleegh Brown — Himself
  • Terry Bell — Himself
  • Tyson Atlas — Himself
  • Albert 'AJ' Beckley — Himself
  • Arshawn Green — Himself
  • Randolph Haliburton — Himself

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