The Legacy Project presents "AILEY"

4614 North Lincoln Avenue,Chicago IL 60625

19 June, 2021

Description

The Legacy Project presents "AILEY" - the acclaimed new documentary on the life and career of Legacy Walk Inductee ALVIN AILEY (2012) Visionary Black choreographer - and Legacy Walk Inducteee (2012) - Alvin Ailey - was a pioneer of modern dance, infusing the art-form with the rich history of the African American experience and “a discourse on freedom… and soaring delights,” as author Zadie Smith once wrote. In this poetic documentary, director Jamila Wignot gracefully weaves together a tapestry of past and present, of archival footage from Ailey’s small-town Texas roots and rising career in New York City, along with a vast trove of his moving masterpieces. What emerges is a complex and impressionistic picture of a determined figure, whose powerful dance pieces revealed more about his personal struggles and triumphs than any words could describe. “A tour de force of archival assemblage” that “tells his life story with searing intimacy but also jubilant solidarity” (Filmmaker Magazine), Ailey is “tantalizing… poetic… [and] powerfully evocative” (Variety). The Legacy Project is a 501(c)3 cultural and educational non-profit committed to celebrating the contributions of LGBT people to world history and culture as a way to combat the ignorance which fuels anti-gay bullying. Through its permanent installation "The Legacy Walk", its traveling installation "The Legacy Wall", “Legacy Project Education Initiative” teaching tools, and its "Legacy LIVE" series of events and programs… the Legacy Project works to counter the damaging effects that have resulted from the redaction of LGBT people from shared human history.