Jamila Wignot is no stranger to the world of documentaries. She’s an award-winning filmmaker best known for her work on The African Americans and Many... Read More
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Jamila Wignot’s Ailey celebrates its subject, the late modern dance iconoclast Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), in his own words and through his sublime choreography. The documentary... Read More
NEON made its second acquisition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the moving and intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey. The film... Read More

Interview: Director Jamila Wignot on ‘Ailey’ and the responsibility of taking on such an iconic figure
‘Ailey’ review: Well intended and researched, but ultimately reveals little of the most influential Black dancer/choreographer of the 20th century
NEON picks up Jamila Wignot’s Alvin ‘Ailey’ doc out of Sundance
Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and More
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12
Delroy Lindo, Michelle Satter, Sony Pictures Among African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Park Chan-wook, Josh O’Connor and More