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Strike a Pose
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Wikipedia article
'Strike a Pose' is a Belgian-Dutch documentary film, which premiered in the Panorama section of the 2016 Berlinale. Directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan, the film profiles the dancers who performed with Madonna on her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990.[http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/madonnas-blonde-ambition-dancers-tell-their-own-stories-in-new-documentary-strike-a-pose-20160121 "Madonna's 'Blonde Ambition' Dancers Tell Their Own Stories in New Documentary 'Strike a Pose'"]. 'Indiewire', 21 January 2016.
Story
The film follows the dancers during the 25 years since the tour. Some went on to act in film, TV and stage, and all of them kept dance in their lives. Some had to deal with AIDS, drug use and homelessness. The six who appear in the film are Kevin Stea, Carlton Wilborn, Luis Xtravaganza Camacho, Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza, Salim Gauwloos and Oliver S Crumes III. One of the original seven, Gabriel Trupin, died from complications due to AIDS in 1995 and is represented in the film by his mother, Sue Trupin.
Production
The film was partially financed by the International Documentary Film Festival Forum Award, Amsterdam, and was produced by CTM Docs and The Other Room in coproduction with Serendipity Films and NTR. The film premiered at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival where it received the second place Panorama audience award for a documentary.
Awards and nominations
* Best LGBT Film - Key West Film Festival
* Best Queer Film of the Year 2016 - Merlinka festival
* Nominated for Golden Athena - Athens International Film Festival
* Nominated for Audience Award - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
* Nominated for Audience Award - Berlin International Film Festival
References
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