

First Position.
2019-06-21 · 20 min · ★ 4.0
When a young dancer moves to San Francisco in the early 1980s, signs of a sickness test his relationships, as well as his lifelong dream in this strikingly photographed and stirring portrait.
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- Directors
- Michael Elias Thomas
- Production companies
- UCLA TFT Film/Screenwriting Department
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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