A personal short documentary about dancing as a plus size woman through the lens of pop culture. A radical and joyful reimagining of awesome dance scenes with the bodies that traditionally get pushed to the back taking up space front and centre.
Big Moves
- Sarah Grant
- United Kingdom
- 2023
- 14 mins
- Sat Jan 25
- 7:30 PM
- Market Hall
- Virtual / Hybrid Available
Exploring the joy of dance in pop culture, reimagined through fatness.
- English
- Captioned in English
- Art and Culture, Feminist Issues
About the Filmmaker
- @sarahgrantcreative, @scottishdocinstitute
- Filmmaker: Sarah Grant
- Producer: Sophie Chater
Sarah Grant is a writer, director and performer based in Glasgow. She has a number of BAFTA qualifying shorts under her belt, and has created short-form work for BBC The Social and BBC Short Stuff, gaining tens of millions of views across digital and social media. She is moving towards writing and directing long form for film and television, shadowing Jack Clough as part of the BBC Comedy Bursary, and other programmes such as Young Films Residency, BAFTA Flare, the EIFF Talent Lab and UKTV Comedy 50:50 pilot initiative, and she has work in development with BBC Studios, Happy Tramp North, Candle and Bell, and Northbridge Media. Sarah is committed to creating body positive, sex positive and inclusive female-led stories that are honest, feminist and fearless.