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Why to watch
- Lily Gladstone leads 'Fancy Dance' to the big screen
- When: 'Fancy Dance' opens in select theaters June 21 and streams globally on Apple TV+ June 28.
- What to know: Lily Gladstone stars as a woman taking care of her niece while searching for her own missing sister and preparing for an upcoming tribal gathering.
- The Oscar nominee told CBS News it’s the “most important” role of her career.
- “Forget the white-savior narrative: Fancy Dance brings visibility to the 'Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women' crisis, as well as struggles that modern Native Americans face today — all through the lens of Indigenous filmmakers and stars,” editor-writer Laura Clark told me after watching the film.
- Why I’ll be watching: If you’re not on the Gladstone hype train yet, you’re running late. It’s not slowing down any time soon!
- — Kelsey Weekman
- June 19, 2024
Fancy Dance is a 2023 American drama film directed by Erica Tremblay (in her feature narrative directorial debut), from a screenplay by Tremblay and Miciana Alise. It stars Lily Gladstone, Isabel DeRoy-Olson and Shea Whigham. Fancy Dance premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2023.
Jun 28, 2024 · With Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Blayne Allen, Michael Rowe. Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
Jun 21, 2024 · “Fancy Dance” is the first narrative feature from writer-director Erica Tremblay and her co-writer Michiana Alise, anchored by a strong Lily Gladstone performance in the wake of her historic Academy Award nomination for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Since her sister's disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into ...
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Jun 28, 2024 · Fancy Dance follows former drug dealer Jax (Lily Gladstone) has looked after her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) since her sister Tawi’s disappearance. The pair live hand-to-mouth, hustling, stealing and scamming people to get by.
May 8, 2024 · The bond between an Indigenous girl and her aunt proves stronger than ever when their loved one goes missing. Lily Gladstone stars in Fancy Dance, directed by Erica Tremblay, streaming June 28...
Jan 25, 2023 · Cloaking a family drama in crime-film conventions, the plot of Native American filmmaker Erica Tremblay’s exceptional directorial debut concerns a young woman’s disappearance from an Oklahoma...
Mar 11, 2023 · Mar 11, 2023 2:12pm PT. ‘Fancy Dance’ Review: When a Native Mother Goes Missing, Lily Gladstone Takes Charge. Erica Tremblay’s engaging indie drama bills itself as a crime thriller, but winds up...
Fancy Dance. Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what’s left of their family intact, Jax and Roki defy the law and hit the road on a journey to the Grand Nation Powwow in Oklahoma City.
Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
