flipsy Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 When Doris Payne was a little girl, in the coal country of West Virginia, she wanted to be a ballerina, but someone told her she couldn’t, because “they don’t have black ballerinas.” All right, she thought, if I can’t be what I want to be, I will be something else. more at http://occupythearts.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-dream-deferred.html Link to comment
dirac Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Interesting, flipsy. I hadn't heard of Doris Payne or this movie. Have you seen it? Link to comment
flipsy Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Yes, indeed. The link above is my summary of it. I'd add that it's not a great documentary -- as one reviewer said, it's not as nimble as its subject. But Doris Payne is an original, a character with an amazing story, and she gets to tell it here. Well worth seeing. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Oh! I didn't realize that, of course. I will definitely check it out. Link to comment
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