Charlotte Jewish Film Festival

Join us for the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival!!

Schedule of Events:

2:00 pm: CJFF - Call Me Dancer

Manish is an athletic street dancer from Mumbai, whose working-class parents depend on their only son's support. When he accidentally walks into an inner-city dance school and encounters a curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet master, a hunger develops within him. Ambitious and passionate, Manish is determined to make it as a professional dancer, but the odds are stacked against him. Call Me Dancer is a story of hope, heartache, and hard work. Together, Manish and Yehuda transform each other's lives, searching to uncover who and what they are. Yehuda seeks a purpose and a place to call home. Manish dreams of dancing on the world stage but struggles to break free from the confines of his own economic and social circumstances.

Since the World Film Festival premiere in February 2023, Call Me Dancer has won 23 film festival awards, ten of which are Audience Awards at festivals throughout the US and Canada, in Israel, and the rest of the world.

Price: $15

Location: Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts