Misty Copeland Biopic 'Life in Motion' Finds Its Director (Exclusive)

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Nzingha Stewart, who has directed episodes of 'Scandal' and 'Grey's Anatomy,' will direct the New Line feature.

New Line's Misty Copeland biopic, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, has found its director in Nzingha Stewart.

The feature project adapts Copeland's best-selling memoir of the same name from the star dancer who became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre.

The movie will chronicle Copeland's rise from her poor and tumultuous beginnings — she only began ballet at the late age of 13 and found herself in the middle of a custodial struggle between her mother and the ballet teachers who were her legal guardians at the time — to becoming a crossover star that has written books, appeared in movies and commercials, and has become a speaker.

"As an African-American woman, I know firsthand that when Misty Copeland leaps, we all soar," said Stewart in a statement. "As a filmmaker, I am thrilled to bring this hopeful, triumphant and cinematic story to the big screen."


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/misty-copeland-biopic-life-motion-finds-director-1191456

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1. Beautiful-Amazing Athleticism & Grace!

Thanks for sharing.

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2. Misty Copeland!!!!!!!!

I so want to see her dance.