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Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 30mR
Drama
6.6
IMDB Rating
4,166 votes

Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.

Director
Erica Tremblay
Writers
Erica Tremblay, Miciana Alise
Stars
Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Blayne Allen
Release Date
June 28, 2024
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 13
Wins
🎯 9
Nominations
💬 23
Reviews
📋 11.6K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Lily Gladstone
Lily Gladstone
as Jax
Isabel Deroy-Olson
Isabel Deroy-Olson
as Roki
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Blayne Allen
as Boo
Michael Rowe
Michael Rowe
as Elder Philip
Patrice Fisher
Patrice Fisher
as Ruth
Arianne Martin
Arianne Martin
as Donna
Crystle Lightning
Crystle Lightning
as Sapphire
Tyler Tipton
Tyler Tipton
as Chad
Ryan Begay
Ryan Begay
as JJ
Hauli Sioux Gray
Hauli Sioux Gray
as Tawi

💰 Box Office

$16,683
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Oklahoma, USA
Production
Confluential Films, Significant Productions, AUM Group

🏷️ Keywords

family relationshipsamericanlesbian interestnative americanlesbian

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Respectable Effort
by Agent102025-12-08
7/10

"In all honesty, I didn't really jump on the freight train for this film. It's well made, gritty, and respectably acted for the most part. The only thing I will say is it makes a strong statement about stories written by "the other." A normal Hollywood production on this subject matter would have lacked the nuance and cultural sensitivity the story demanded. Rather than subtle nods to issues within the Native American community and reservation life in general, a major production would have glossed all of those issues over. What we got instead was a quiet and slow burn that ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Producer Nina Yang Bongiovi stated at the 2023 Hawai'i International Film Festival that the film had multiple offers for distribution but chose not to sell the film until Lily Gladstone's awards campaign for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) finished.

📖 Synopsis

Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.