Last night in New York, Apple Original Films celebrated the the premiere of “Fancy Dance,” which will debut in select theaters on June 21, 2024 before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024. Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone was joined by her co-stars Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning and Audrey Wasilewski; director/producer/co-writer Erica Tremblay, co-writer Miciana Alise; producers Deidre Backs, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver; and executive producers Bird RunningWater and Charlotte Koh.
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.
Fancy Dance (2024) New York Premiere Interviews
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. Gladstone stars alongside Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, with Audrey Wasilewski and Whigham.
