"Call Me Dancer" | Opening Night | Dance on Camera Film Festival | Walter Reade Theater, New York

Leslie Shampaine’s 84-minute feature documentary "CALL ME DANCER" had its world premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (in a juried competition for Best Documentary) on February 9th followed by the East Coast premiere as the Opening Night film at Dance on Camera Festival at Film at Lincoln Center, the longest-running dance film festival in the world, on February 10th.
We caught up with the cast and crew in New York and spoke all about the movie and more.
Check out this exclusive coverage.
Story: In English and Hindi (with English subtitles), the film's lead protagonist is Manish Chauhan, a young and talented street dancer from Mumbai who is struggling against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path because they are counting on their only son to support them. When he secretly attends an inner-city dance school and accidentally walks into a ballet class, he meets Yehuda, a curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli teacher, and a hunger develops within him.
Ambitious and passionate, Manish is determined to make it as a professional dancer, but the odds are stacked against him. This is a heart-warming and uplifting story of struggle, tenacity, family, culture, rebellion, and an unlikely friendship. Filmed in India, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the United States, the documentary features two original songs by Jay Sean, music by Bangladeshi American hip-hop artist Anik Khan, and a score by award-winning, British-Indian composer Nainita Desai.

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Call me dancer - what a film, what an outstanding young man!