Documentarian Erica Tremblay makes her narrative feature directing
debut with Fancy Dance, which she co-wrote with Miciana Alise. The film stars Lily Gladstone as Jax, who
looks after her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) on Oklahoma's Seneca-Cayuga reservation. Fearing she will lose custody to Roki's
grandfather (Shea Whigham), Jax takes her niece on a search to find
her missing mother.
Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning and Audrey Wasilewski also
star.
Fancy Dance is in US cinemas from June 21st and on Apple TV+
worldwide from June 28th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of Jax losing custody to Roki’s grandfather, Frank (Shea Whigham), the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system.
