JONTAE / Short dance film (2020)
In the austere environment of an empty pool, a performer encounters what it means to face oneself. 
This hybrid dance documentary is a study on resilience performed by Jontae McCrory.

∙  Written, Co-directed, and Edited by Siam Obregón  
  Choreographed and Co-directed by Kyana Lyne  
  Performed by Jontae McCrory  
  Cinematographer Steven Turcotte 
∙  Comissioned by Festival Quartiers Danses
​​​​​ScreeningS / Exhibitions / AWARDS
∙  Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival (2021) Canada 
∙  REGARD (2021) Canada
∙  Rhode Island Film Festival (2021) US
∙  Cinema du musée / FQD (2021)  Canada
∙  San Francisco Dance Film Festival (2021) US
.  InSadow (2021) Portugal / Winner of the Best Video Dance Award (Official Jury Selection) 
∙  TANZAHOi International Dance Film Festival (2021) Germany / Winner of the Audience Award 
∙  Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (2021) US 
.  Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema - Black History Month (2022) US
.  Festival Pleins Écrans (2022) Canada
∙  F-O-R-M (2021) Canada
∙  Screen.Dance (2020) Scotland
∙  Dance on Screen (2020) Austria
∙  Festival Quartier Danses (2020) Canada / Winner of the Coup de Coeur Award
 PRESS
« Rien n’est dit, tout est suggéré par le mouvement de son corps et les émotions perceptibles dans son visage, mais on comprend beaucoup de choses, selon ce qu’on ressent en le regardant danser. »
Podcast
.  Pleins Écrans (2022) Canda (FR) - Listen here
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