2017 Honorable Mention for 'BEST DOCUMENTARY' at San Francisco Dance Film Festival
Official Selection 2017 Dance Camera West (LA), 2017 Dance Made in Canada Festival and 2018 Reframe Dance Film Festival
‘Dance for Life’ is a short dance film meets documentary, directed and filmed by Ella Cooper, that features Pulga Muchachoma, a once impoverished minor league soccer player from Mozambique, who gives up everything to pursue a life of dance in Canada. Dance for Life is a story of immigration, struggle and success told through interviews and dance on camera set against the multicultural backdrop of the city of Toronto.