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Dancing On My Own

Directed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexandracuerdo">Alexandra Cuerdo</a>, Dancing On My Own is a love letter to the queer Asian experie...

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Dancing with Pride: Short Film Collection • 13m

From multi-hyphenate filmmaker Yusuf Nasir, this winner of the 2022 Outfest Los Angeles Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent follows a day in the life of a male, African American queer entertainer, on the verge of forced retirement and obscurity, who is desperately holding on to the unfulfilled dream of becoming a star one day.

Cast
Yusuf Nasir Nasir
Steve Griest Jeff
Benji Schwimmer Cast
Ferly Prado Cast
Tyree Bey Cast
Chap Chapman Cast
Janae Valentine Cast
Darius Waldrop Cast
Daron Bell Cast
Jonas Subar Cast
Cory Booker Cast
Whitney Jones Cast
Mariah Spears Cast
Sean Demalleville Cast
Jacob Mathis Cast
Pierce Allison Cast
Jordan Frisbee Cast
Tatianna Mollman Cast
Victoria Henk Cast
Alexandria Kaye Cast
Kimisha Gill Cast
Sherri Gonzalez Cast
Lexee Smith Cast
Carter Holst Cast
Josh Bergner Cast
Nathan Lopez Cast
Nick Signor Cast
Savannah Skaggs Cast
Hannah Johnson Cast
Cassidy Bastiaensen Cast
Crew
Yusuf Nasir director
Yusuf Nasir writer
Yusuf Nasir choreographer
Yusuf Nasir producer
Harvey Mason Jr. producer
Peter Morgan, Sydney Holland executive producer
Kyla Druckman, Steve Greist, Shyla Nibbe, Helton “Brazil” Sequiera associate producer
Erik Fleming co-producer
Benji Schwimmer contributor director (select scenes)
Benji Schwimmer contributing choreography (partnering / swing section)
Q Burdette director of photography (dance)
Frankie Gutierrez director of photography (narrative and dance)
Jacob Gilbert director of photography (narrative)
Jackson Miller director of photography (narrative)
Helton "Brazil" Sequiera editor
Rafael Hernán Gamboa editor

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