Acclaimed ballerina Misty Copeland has gone from the stage to the big screen with her new short film 'Flower' set in Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Acclaimed ballerina Misty Copeland has gone from the stage to the big screen with her new short film. She's in the limelight this time as actor and producer ofCopeland plays Rose, a dance teacher who supports her ailing mother.
The issues to which Copeland brings critical attention include gentrification, inequity, the housing crisis and homelessness. Several young ballerinas from the San Francisco Ballet School came to the screening at the Brava Theater on Sunday as part of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival.
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