Today in New York, Apple Original Films celebrated the premiere of “Fancy Dance,” which will debut in select theatres on June 21, 2024, before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024. Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone was joined by her costars Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning and Audrey Wasilewski; director, producer and co-writer Erica Tremblay, co-writer Miciana Alise; producers Deidre Backs, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver; and executive producers Bird Runningwater and Charlotte Koh.
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 finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of Jax losing custody to Roki’s grandfather, Frank (Shea Whigham), the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system. Gladstone stars alongside Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, with Audrey Wasilewski and Whigham.
“Fancy Dance,” a Confluential Films and Significant Productions/AUM Group production, is produced by Deidre Backs, Erica Tremblay, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver, with Bird Runningwater, Gladstone, Forest Whitaker and Charlotte Koh serving as executive producers.
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