Review: In a movie that reminds us that parenting comes in many forms, it’s touching to learn that the Cayuga word for “aunt” is “small mother.” We almost didn’t need the definition; it’s visible, in Gladstone and Deroy-Olson’s eyes.
Lily Gladstone doesn’t have to speak to convey strength; we’ve seen her do remarkable things with quiet, in “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the Hulu series “Under the Bridge.” Appropriately, her character Jax in Erica Tremblay’s soulful drama “Fancy Dance” is a woman of few words; she’s a tough drifter who’s not above a little drug-dealing or petty theft .
“Fancy Dance” immerses us quickly in its characters’ lives, with Roki excitedly planning to dance at the upcoming powwow with her mother and Jax revealing a sweet connection with a performer at the strip club where Tawi once worked. The outside world, however, just as quickly invades: Jax, with her criminal record, is deemed by child protective services to not be an adequate guardian for Roki, who’s taken away to live with Jax’s white father and his wife .
Whether they find any of these I won’t reveal ; what they do find is a remarkable connection: an aunt and niece providing strength for each other, propping each other up, lighting each other’s way. And Tremblay, for whom a goal of the film was to bring attention to, lets us see the character who isn’t there, and the empty space Tawi’s absence leaves.
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