She’s best known as the first African American female principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.
Misty Copeland is adding movie star and film producer to her resume. She describes her new film, “Flower”, as a piece of art activism. It focuses on the issues of gentrification and homelessness. And while the film is about her husband’s hometown of Oakland, California.
Copeland joined “News All Day” on this Women Wednesday to talk about the film and the next steps in her career.
She went from living in a hotel room with five siblings to becoming a ballet superstar. It was through the Boys and Girls club she took her first ballet
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