Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life(1994)

Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life Synopsis

Not surprisingly, Jørgen Leth became fascinated by Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), an African-American anthropologist, dancer and choreographer living in Haiti. Dunham was politically engaged and a powerful personality. Unfortunately, at the time it proved impossible to raise the money to produce a film portrait. This pilot has survived on a battered VHS cassette. Footage from a dance seminar in East St. Louis is complemented with interviews with Dunham and other black dancers. The producer Terry Carter is working on having the planned Dunham film accomplished.

Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life (1994) is a film directed by Jørgen Leth, released on June 16, 1994 with a runtime of 14m.