Synopsis
This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and began a legacy of modern dance in America, and her husband Geoffrey Holder, a Trinidad-born choreographer, set and costume designer, painter and man about town with productions such as The Wiz. Features interviews and performance footage of friends and colleagues: dancers Judith Jamison, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Ulysses Dove and Alvin Ailey.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
7.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
9.1%
Critic Consensus
88.2% Fresh • 17 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 17 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, gritty, dark. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
character-drivengrittydarkfunnylightheartedemotional
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score89.0
RT critic review count19
Rotten Tomatoes audience score62.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.9
IMDb votes71
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2009 | $14,130 | $20,665 |
| International | 2009 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2009 | $14,130 | $20,665 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2009 | $7,065 | $10,332 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2009 | $222,000 | $324,669 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2009 | $71,000 | $103,835 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2009 | $908,000 | $1,327,924 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2009 | $1,941,000 | $2,838,656 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2009 | $69,000 | $100,910 |
| Total Revenues | 2009 | $3,218,065 | $4,706,326 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2009 | $230,000 (est) | $336,368 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2009 | $80,000 (est) | $116,998 (est) |
| Participations | 2009 | $129,000 | $188,659 |
| Residuals ? | 2009 | $217,000 | $317,356 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2009 | $46,000 | $67,274 |
| Total Expenses | 2009 | $702,000 | $1,026,655 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2009 | $2,516,065 | $3,679,672 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $1,807,000, BluRay $134,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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