Ailey
Elevation Pictures | Release Date: July 23, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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15
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3
Negative:
0
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60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJan 9, 2022
Film-maker Jamila Wignot pays particular attention to the specificity of Ailey’s black influences: the church, blues music and his southern upbringing, all of which informed his best-known work, Revelations (1960). Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 6, 2022
What emerges is Ailey’s lifelong seriousness and his vocational purpose in dance. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJake ColeJul 19, 2021
Not even Alvin Ailey’s peers can articulate the innovations and soulfulness of his choreography half as well as his work itself. Read full review
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