In what promises to be a fascinating look at a ballet dancer and the world she inhabits, New Line Cinema has optioned the rights for Misty Copelands bestselling memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. Copeland is the second black female soloist to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, one of the worlds foremost ballet companies. Copeland didnt begin ballet training until she was 13, and when she wasnt in class at a Boys & Girls Club working towards dancing en pointe -- a feat she accomplished within only months -- she was living in a welfare motel with her mother and her siblings. The film, which will focus primarily on Copelands life from the age of 13 to her late teens, is being described by Deadline as The Blind Side set in the dance world. The Blind Side received a fair bit of criticism for its handling of race, but given the subject matter, the focal point (Copeland herself rather than someone who helped her along the way), and the source of this biopic (Copelands own memoir), it seems likely that issues of race (and gender) will be addressed in a more nuanced way in this project. - indieWIRE What do you think?
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:24:36 +0000
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