The Dance Lesson

Producer: Chukwu Chinonye

"The Dance Lesson" is the story of a young, black girl struggling to be a ballerina and a part of a gentrified community, which she feels is so different from her own. But as both worlds collide, it is only time before she is confronted with the beauty that can exist in her own reality.

Chukwu Chinonye is a Nigerian-born, Alaskan-raised screenwriter and director. Artistically, she is most concerned with images that are rich with cultural nuances, often dealing with the complex and contradictory issues of ethnic identity, dual identity and cross-cultural (and cross-generational) interaction.