A firm believer in what he called “blood memories,” everything that choreographer extraordinaire Alvin Ailey did, he charged with intentionality; the joy and pain of those before him influenced his ...

Documentarian Jamila Wignot paints a sensitive and humanistic portrait of Alvin Ailey, the legendary American dancer and choreographer. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In Ailey the body in ...

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins is bringing Alvin Ailey's life to the big screen Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins has his next project lined up. Jenkins, who directed Moonlight, is working on a feature ...

When Ailey opens, the late Cicely Tyson comes into focus, standing glorious and regal on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Arts honoring the famed dancer and choreographer. Even then, at the tail ...

Barry Jenkins has been set by Fox Searchlight to direct its untitled film based on the life of Alvin Ailey, one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th Century. Searchlight made a deal ...

Jeroboam Bozeman is a dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Professionally dancing for over 15 years, he is no stranger to performing. But his latest performance looks ...

NEON has made its second acquisition of the Sundance Film Festival with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, about dance legend Alvin Ailey. The film debuted at the festival yesterday in the U.S. Documentary ...

How did events of 2020—any of them—change your film, either in the way you approached it, produced it, post-produced it, or are now thinking about it? Ailey was made in fits and starts over a period ...

Gifted artists create a spirit so strong it lives on long after they’re gone. That’s the case with legendary choreographer/dancer Alvin Ailey. It’s like he never left. Never passed on. Documentary ...

This review of “Ailey” was first published after its premiere at January’s Sundance Film Festival. A firm believer in what he called “blood memories,” everything that choreographer extraordinaire ...

Bozeman made his acting debut as DeRay in Boaz Yakin’s latest film “Once Again (for the very first time).” In the film, DeRay, a legendary street dancer, falls through the sky until he lands in the ...