Movies like Ailey
If Ailey's mix of aids, ballet dancer and gay club stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ailey's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Finding Vivian Maier
2014 · Directed by John Maloof · 83 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: portrait of an artist, figure study
Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life.
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Billy Elliot
2000 · Directed by Stephen Daldry · 111 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: ballet dancer, ballet dancing
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering.
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Paris Is Burning
1991 · Directed by Jennie Livingston · 78 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: aids
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball…
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Miss Americana
2020 · Directed by Lana Wilson · 85 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: portrait of an artist · From the same decade (2020s)
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman…