"Fancydancing has a totally open heart and showcases a bravura centerpiece performance by Evan Adams." - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
"An often affecting melodrama...fragmented, like a poem." - Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
"Bristles with passion and intelligence." - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"Told with a haunting honesty." - Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Director-writer Sherman Alexie’s powerful contemporary classic screens in a new digital restoration. Since their high school graduation, former Spokane Reservation best friends Seymour (Evan Adams, SMOKE SIGNALS) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban) have taken different paths. Both ventured off to college in Seattle, but while Seymour embraced the opportunities of the white world, Aristotle returned home embittered. Sixteen years later, they are brought together following the sudden death of an old childhood buddy. Seymour, now an openly gay poet and unofficial spokesman for Native Americans, is met with resentment on "the rez." At the wake, tensions are heightened and Aristotle's long festering bitterness is dangerously exposed.
Awards & Nominations
Winner LA Outfest - Outstanding Actor (Evan Adams)
Winner LA Outfest - Outstanding Screenwriting (Sherman Alexie)
Winner SF Intl Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Audience Award - Best Feature
Winner Philadelphia Intl Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Audience Award - Best Feature
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu