alvin ailey

Interview: Director Jamila Wignot on ‘Ailey’ and the responsibility of taking on such an iconic figure

Jamila Wignot is no stranger to the world of documentaries. She's an award-winning filmmaker best known for her work on… Read More

August 9, 2021

‘Ailey’ review: Well intended and researched, but ultimately reveals little of the most influential Black dancer/choreographer of the 20th century

Jamila Wignot’s Ailey celebrates its subject, the late modern dance iconoclast Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), in his own words and through… Read More

July 20, 2021

NEON picks up Jamila Wignot’s Alvin ‘Ailey’ doc out of Sundance

NEON made its second acquisition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the moving and intimate portrait of… Read More

January 31, 2021

Barry Jenkins to direct Alvin Ailey biopic for Fox Searchlight

Barry Jenkins at the 41st Mill Valley Film Festival Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) is set to direct a… Read More

June 3, 2019

Alvin Ailey biopic in the works at Fox Searchlight; Alicia Keys to produce

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] A biopic of legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey is in the works at Fox Searchlight with multi-Grammy… Read More

March 25, 2018

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