jamila wignot

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

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