Lil' Buck: Real Swan
Year: 2019
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
85 minutes
The electrifying dance style known as “jooking”—a bouncing, bucking, fleet-footed technique coming out of the underground hiphop scene of 1980s Memphis—is captured in this dizzying love letter to the dance sensation. At its center is jooking superstar, Lil’ Buck, a gifted and pioneering street performer who shot to worldwide fame when a viral video of him dancing alongside cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s rendition of Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Swan hit the internet to an enraptured global audience. LIL’ BUCK: REAL SWAN is an ode to his smooth signature style of seamlessly folding classical ballet technique into a more homestyle bucking energy. The story burrows into the impressive discipline and singular skillset that made him into a renowned icon today. Equally a portrait of Memphis itself, the film beautifully photographs the city’s distinctive character, offering an intimate look at the locations and neighborhoods where jook culture was born. This documentary, which is a soaring new work deeply rooted in a tactile sense of history and place, serves as a breathtaking introduction to the captivating talents of Lil’ Buck himself. — R.J.T.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Sidebars
African Diaspora
Film Is Art
Competition
Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
Director
Louis Wallecan
Producer
Victor Lech
Cinematography
Mathieu de Montgrand
Editing
Basile Belkhiri
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