A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
Directed by Ngozi Onwurah
dance
identity
transformation
bullying
alienation
ballet
prejudice
racism
racial prejudice
culture
ballet school
self expression
nigerian cinema
woman director
belonging
movement
nigerian girl
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
Cast
Rowena Meddeman
Bully
Crew
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Alwin H. Küchler
Director of Photography
Joel Phiri
Assistant Director
Valentine Nonyela
Casting
Popular Reviews
31 reviews
Macarena ColombiPRO
10.0★ · 05/23/26
Impeccable!!
Impeccable!!
chérie
10.0★ · 04/09/26
i don’t even have words. it’s stunning.
i don’t even have words. it’s stunning.
Celine John
10.0★ · 03/13/26
So much emotion put in such a short movie. Beautiful
So much emotion put in such a short movie. Beautiful
nia
a quiet film about the slow, painful process of becoming comfortable in your own skin. beneath the soft winter imagery is a story about identity and self-acceptance. it’s short but still manages to portray the quiet courage it takes to stop wishing you were someone else in an impactful way.
a quiet film about the slow, painful process of becoming comfortable in your own skin. beneath the soft winter imagery is a story about identity and self-acceptance. it’s short but still manages to portray the quiet courage it takes to stop wishing you were someone else in an impactful way.
cinthiaPRO
i thoroughly enjoyed every second of this, i wish i could wipe my memory and rewatch it for an hour straight, not to mention the dancing was beautiful. highly recommend to watch!
i thoroughly enjoyed every second of this, i wish i could wipe my memory and rewatch it for an hour straight, not to mention the dancing was beautiful. highly recommend to watch!
