Dancing Through the Shadow

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Dancing Through the Shadow

2021

1h 50m

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Overview

This is a riveting narrative of the life of Tia Zhang, a young Chinese ballerina who came of age during the reign of Mao Zedong.

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37 members

Acting

Kristina Tonteri-Young

Tia

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Glee Dango

Young Tia

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Jonathan Kim

Jason

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Uni Park

Tia's Mother

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Mung-Ling Tsui

Nai Nai

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Russell Yuen

Baba

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Marianna Phung

Tia's Sister

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Crystal Yu

Chun

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Daniel Jun

Shi

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Brittany Bristow

Louise Turner

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Ian Ho

Shuang (Age 6 / 8)

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Anastasia Marinina

Elena

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Jinny Wong

Dai Aileen

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Jeff Yung

General Secretary Youth League

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Henry Kwok

Mr. Wong

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Brent Crawford

John Fraser

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Ethan Hwang

Shuang (Age 14)

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Lisa Truong

Red Guard

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Aura Carcueva

Resident's Committee Woman

Crew

Emerson Wong

Male Red Guard #1

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Scott Dion Brown

Huang

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Alexander Wong

Loud Student #2

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Nomin Bayasgalan

Loud Student #1

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Amelia Hironaka

Dancer

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Elizabeth Christine Lee

Dancer

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Kaela Willey

Dancer

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Jacqueline Olivia Lee

Dancer

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Siam Yu

Dancer

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Harriet Chung

Dancer

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Miho Suzuki

Dancer

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Frank Chung

Wen

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Masami T. Clarke

Mrs. Li

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Marcia Gleeson

Elizabeth MacCallum

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Neil Emmanuel Lu

Shuang

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Camera

Rhett Morita

State Farm Soldier

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Mark Rainmaker

Teacher

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Jade Whitney

Dancer

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