Yuli

The next film from the Latin American Territory film series is Yuli, by Iciar Bollaín. Yuli is the nickname of Carlos Acosta. Pedro's father calls him that because he considers him the son of Ogún, an African god, a fighter. However, since he was young, Yuli always fled from any type of discipline and education. The streets of an impoverished and abandoned Havana are his private classroom. His father, on the other hand, does not think the same, he knows that his son has a natural talent for dance and that is why he forces him to attend the National School of Art in Cuba. Despite his repeated escapades and his initial indiscipline, Yuli ends up being captivated by the world of dance, and thus, from a young age he will begin to forge his legend, becoming the first black dancer to be able to perform some of the most famous roles in ballet, originally written for whites, in companies such as the Houston Ballet or the Royal Ballet of London.