Real people. Real stories. Real lives.
Synopsis
This short doc combines the realness of cinema verite and videologue with the sometimes imaginary world of social media and animation content to follow the journey of a trauma survivor’s attempt to create a women’s healing space in present day Baltimore.
After a devastating sexual assault, Tyde-Courtney Edwards uses ballet and nude photography of herself to reclaim her body. Using her own experience with healing, she founds Ballet After Dark (BAD), a dance therapy company with a mission to create a healing space for trauma survivors. Her movement becomes gains more traction, and she gets featured in multiple media platforms and articles. Tyde is torn between creating her own mark through her company and finding a space within the traditional dance community. As Tyde struggles, to heal herself and make it as a dancer, the teacher must become the student in order to move forward.