INGRID SILVA // ACTIVIA

Short film following the life journey of Ingrid Silva from the slums of Rio to the professional Ballet stage of New York City.

Directed by Ben Briand. 
Production : Moonwalk Films
DOP : Eigil Bryld
Editor : Yann Malcor
Production Designer : Joseph Sciacca
Agency : Wunderman / Ray Y&R France

Content film sponsored by Activia.

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PARIS CHANEL
05.02.1

“I come from a favela in Brazil. I am black. I have a poor family. Yet, despite all those odds, I became a ballerina. I had to get by on my own [upon arriving in New York at the age of 19 on a full scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem]. That’s when I grew up and learned to appreciate what my parents taught me. I’m not here [at Dance Theatre of Harlem] because I’m poor. I’m here because of my dancing.”
—Ingrid Silva

>via: http://thechanelmuse.tumblr.com/post/138769837899/i-come-from-a-favela-in-brazil-i-am-black-i