Filmmaker Alicia Dhanifu, who appears in director Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae, constructs a rigorous and beautifully rendered history of belly dancing — its roots and history, forms and meanings. The filmmaker performs this art as well, alone and with other dancers. —Shannon Kelley
Alicia Dhanifu
Director
Step Up68%
Last Breath68%
Wick Is Pain74%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
I Am Bruce Lee76%
A Plastic Ocean75%
American Shaolin65%
Birth of the Dragon58%
Take the Lead68%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
The Class of ‘9271%
Honey 3: Dare to Dance67%
Selma73%
Rip Girls63%
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds75%
Swiped65%
Step Up 2: The Streets66%
The American67%
The Lost Daughter64%
Holler60%
