Nelson George’s Misty Copeland Documentary – A Ballerina’s Tale’ – Picked Up by Sundance Selects for Fall Release

Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Nelson George’s documentary, "A Ballerina’s Tale" – a film about one of the most notable and trailblazing figures in the ballet world, Misty Copeland.

Directed and written by Nelson George, the film made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.

Produced by Leslie Norville and executive produced by Dorria L. Ball, Ingrid Graham and Copeland, the film provides a behind-the-curtain look at the daily life of Copeland, the first African American female soloist at New York’s American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in two decades. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be…

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