Ninja is famous around the world for her fierce ballroom performances, but she is not as well-known in her native country of French Guyana. But a trip home to teach a workshop might change that.
Direction
Jean-Baptiste lets Ninja's presence fill every frame.
Production
Raw Guyanese locations vs. glittering Paris balls.
Director
Audrey Jean-Baptiste
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ballroom in French Guiana exists in tension with conservative Caribbean masculinity; Ninja's return cracks open a conversation that barely existed before.
Lasseindra Ninja founded the House of Ninja in Paris—yes, THAT Ninja, Willi Ninja's legacy—making this a rare document of European ballroom's Black queer roots.
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