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PEOPLE & CULTURE
dancing for akeeda
Shot over eight years, Dancing for Akeeda is
a feature-length documentary that introduces
the world to Faakhir Bestman – a young ballet
dancer born in one of the most deprived
townships of South Africa who lives to dance.
We follow the journey from his discovery by a local teacher,
to the crushing death of his beloved sister Akeeda, through
the knock backs and failed try outs. Now, after 4 years at the
National School for the Arts in Johannesburg, Faakhir is turning
18 and has just won a place at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet in
New York. His dream is about to become reality. “My sister, Akeeda, can’t
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1x90’ Marquee Film 2024 4K talk or walk but she
& Television &
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smiles when I dance.”
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