FOLLOW...LEAD...LOVE...
A Shift of Roles. A Chance to Transform...
About
A Film by the Award Winning and Emmy Nominee Brian Thomas
Producer: Brian Rubiano
Main Subjects: Kristine Bendul & Abdiel Jacobsen
Production Company: Transend'Daens
Website: www.followleadlove.com
Main Subjects: Kristine Bendul & Abdiel Jacobsen
Production Company: Transend'Daens
Website: www.followleadlove.com
Logline
A Queer African-American and an Aging Asian Female Broadway Veteran set out to break the barriers of the world of professional ballroom competition where male is lead and female to follow. Throughout, they discover that what they are doing reflects on bigger issues in our political & socio-cultural climate further transcending their message and mission beyond dance.
A Queer African-American and an Aging Asian Female Broadway Veteran set out to break the barriers of the world of professional ballroom competition where male is lead and female to follow. Throughout, they discover that what they are doing reflects on bigger issues in our political & socio-cultural climate further transcending their message and mission beyond dance.
Story Summary/Synopsis
FollowLeadLOVE is about a Queer African-American and an Aging Asian female Broadway veteran defying the odds of once and for all break the barriers of the ballroom world’s traditional and regimented gender roles of male being the leader and female as the follower. But the question is, can they usher it to the next level of true gender equality ? While confronting the systemic political & socio-cultural issues they are facing personally and professionally?
FollowLeadLOVE transcends beyond dance. It reflects the trials and tribulations of Abdiel and Kristine both on and off the dance floor as they look into embracing the shift of their roles in order to create an opportunity to transform from within. In addition, this film shows how they exercise and fight for their rights as partners and individuals on the stigma due to ongoing racial prejudice and social injustice, further magnified by the pandemic caused by COVID-19.
Learn More: https://www.followleadlove.com/