Movie Details
Original Language:English
Katherine Dunham Dancing with Life
DirectorJørgen Leth
14 min
Plot
Not surprisingly Jørgen Leth became fascinated by Katherine Dunham 19092006 an AfricanAmerican anthropologist dancer and choreographer living in Haiti Dunham was politically engaged and a powerful personality Unfortunately at the time it proved impossible to raise the money to produce a film portrait This pilot has survived on a battered VHS cassette Footage from a dance seminar in East St Louis is complemented with interviews with Dunham and other black dancers The producer Terry Carter is working on having the planned Dunham film accomplished
