NICHOLAS BROTHERS: STORMY WEATHER
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SHEVLOFF AND PAUL CROWDER
In the 1940s, virtuoso tap dancing duo the Nicholas Brothers performed a dance routine so beautiful, so athletic, so SEMINAL, it prefigured hip hop dance by 3 decades. Contemporary dancers Les Twins, inspired by their story, bring this iconic routine out of the shadows, creating a modern incarnation of the groundbreaking original.
Moses Boyd, award winning jazz drummer, functions as the ‘Cab Calloway’ of the piece, playing and performing an evocative, original composition for Les Twins’ dance routine. Tap phenom Savion Glover breaks down the routine against the social context of the time, and defines its influence in modern-day hip hop. Using archival footage, dramatizations, and live performance, the film pays homage to 'what came before’.
PRODUCERS: Alison Taupier and Michael Shevloff
WRITER: Heather Ross
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Moses Boyd
FEATURING: Savion Glover, Larry Bourgeois, Laurent Bourgeois, Fayard Nicholas, and Harold Nicholas
AWARDS:
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Tribeca
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Heartland: Indy Shorts
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at LA Shorts
FESTIVALS:
Tribeca Film Festival
Heartland: Indy Shorts Festival
LA Shorts International Film Festival
DISTRIBUTION:
TBD
