Call Me Dancer

Director: Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour
Run time: 84 mins | Recommended Certificate: PG
Language: English, Hindi with English subtitles | Year: 2023 | Country: USA

This live-your-dream documentary charts the journey of Manish, a charismatic teenage street dancer from Mumbai, who dreams of entering the world of ballet against the wishes of his struggling parents. He gains tutorship from a master Israeli ballet teacher who gives him the determination to keep going. But when he is pitted against another boy who’s got the attention of the Royal Ballet School in London, Manish realizes he must push himself to his physical limits if he has any chance to succeed.

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