After having her breakthrough role in Martin Scorsese’s drama “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Lily Gladstone has several upcoming roles lined up. One of them is “Fancy Dance,” which finally has a release date on Apple TV+.
Thanks to her performance as Molly in Scorsese’s western, she won the SAG Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and became the first Native American woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars.
This year, she also appeared in the true crime drama miniseries “Under the Bridge,” for Hulu, which is based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey. She starred opposite Riley Keough and Izzie G. Here’s all you need to know about “Fancy Dance.”
When is ‘Fancy Dance’ coming out?
The movie is set to be released in a limited release on June 21, 2024, prior to streaming on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024. It originally premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2023, being one of the most talked about films of that edition.
What is ‘Fancy Dance’ about?
Since her sister went missing, Jax has been looking after her niece, Roki, on the Seneca-Cayuga Nation Reservation. She spends all her free time searching for her missing sister and helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. To avoid losing custody to Jax’s father, Frank, they set out on a road trip to find Roki’s mother before the powwow starts.
Who else is in the cast of ‘Fancy Dance’?
Apart from the Oscar-nominated actress, the movie stars Isabel DeRoy-Olson as Roki, Shea Whigham as Frank, Ryan Begay as JJ, Audrey Wasilewski as Nancy and Dennis Newman as Derrick.
Who is directing ‘Fancy Dance’?
The film is Erica Tremblay‘s feature film directorial debut. She is best known for her documentaries “In the Turn” (2014), “Heartland: A Portrait of Survival” (2012) and “Tiny Red Universe” (2007).
