Centre Film Festival Presents
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House + Wannabe
A post-screening discussion will follow with returning festival alums and award winners, Move Ya Body director Elegance Bratton and producer Chester Algernol (The Inspection, Pier Kids). This screening is part of the Pride on Screen series at the festival.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025; USA, 77m)
Directed by Elegance Bratton
In the beginning there was house music, and it was born in Chicago. Move Ya Body tells the story of how house music outsmarted the forces of Chicago’s backlash against queer black, brown, and femme dance culture through the life experience of the first person to record a House song, Vince Lawrence. This hybrid documentary mixes archival recreation and interviews with the founders of house music casting the events of Vince’s creative life against the backdrop of Chicago’s volatile contemporary history of segregation.
Short:
Wannabe (2025; Ecuador, 11m)
Directed by Kat Cattani
Emilia and Mateo compete in a radio contest to meet their idols the Spice Girls, while navigating the ups and downs of 1990s adolescent life.
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