After gracing the red carpet at the Met Gala with her stunning outfit, Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone’s new movie, “Fancy Dance,” had its first look released by Apple TV+, and something exciting can be expected.
“Fancy Dance,” directed by Erica Tremblay in her feature narrative directorial debut, follows Jax (Gladstone), who has cared for her niece Rokie (Deroy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance 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. When she risks losing custody of Roki, the two hit the road and scour backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.
Apple TV+ Unveils New Trailer for ‘Fancy Dance’
The official logline of the film reads: “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.”
Fancy Dance premiered to critical acclaim at 2023’s Sundance Film Festival but didn’t receive distribution until over a year later. In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s co-writers Erica Tremblay and Miciana Alise wrote about their struggle to find distribution for the project as two Indigenous women filmmakers. They wrote, “We were under absolutely no illusion that Fancy Dance would receive the same kind of industry support as Killers of the Flower Moon, but the disparity is so great that it renders our film virtually invisible and leaves only one available perspective: the non-Native one.”
Gladstone’s fame soared as she won several accolades, including Best Actress awards, for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for that film.
Lily Gladstone made her Met Gala debut in a surreal outfit
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The star-studded fashion event, the Met Gala, showcased numerous celebrities in their most stunning and eccentric attire. Among them was actress Lily Gladstone, making a surreal debut at this year’s event.
The Oscar-nominated actress appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers the day after fashion’s biggest night and opened up about the meaning behind her stunning Met Gala look. She wore a black gown and cape from Gabriela Hearst, adorned with stars made from recycled silver by Kiowa artist Keri Ataumbi. The stars on the ensemble were arranged to mirror the actual constellations visible on the summer solstice in the Northern Plains where Gladstone grew up, “which was a really powerful time of year for our people,” she explained to Seth Meyers.
She continued, “In both Kiowa, where Keri is from — her nation — and Blackfeet, where I’m from, our origin story is that we came from the stars. We came from Sky Woman, who fell to earth and created everything for us. And then, when we pass away, we return to the stars. Blackfeet calls the Milky Way the Wolf Trail, and you join your ancestors and walk with them for the rest of eternity. So, being draped in this cape with these stars was kind of Gabriela and Keri’s way of saying that I have my ancestors with me when I’m walking.”
Lily Gladstone’s film “Fancy Dance” is scheduled to be released in a limited release on June 21, 2024, prior to streaming on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024.
