LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR
Greetings!
We’re delighted that this one-of-kind film is an Official Selection of TIFF. Canadian Director Sheldon Larry serves up a ballroom scene not to be missed. Music by Beyoncé’s music producer Kimberly Burse and choreography by Beyoncé’s choreographer Frank Gaston, Jr. The film also includes a song by Beyoncé. (Please note that LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR’s European festival premiere is now scheduled at a major A-level European festival but they are not ready to announce just yet.)
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“A dazzling successor to Jennie Livingston’s 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, Sheldon Larry’s funny, heartbreaking and oh-so-alive LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR is a gracious and bold musical.” — Martin Bilodeau, TIFF |
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“★★★★. LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR breaks that message out of the gay arthouse circuit and into the general audience that would surely embrace this film.” — Ray Greene, Box Office Magazine |
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“Audacious filmmaking” “Never before depicted on film.” —David Ansen, Los Angeles Film Festival |
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“Vibrant” “exciting…entertaining” —Peter de Bruge, Variety |
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LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR
ABOUT THE FILM:
Sheldon Larry’s audacious, raunchy and big-hearted musical—with songs by Beyoncé music director Kim Burse and choregraphy by Beyoncé dance master Frank Gatson Jr. —takes us into the fabulously funky world of voguing. (Remember the documentary “Paris is Burning”?) Here the setting is contemporary downtown L.A. Our hunky, homeless hero Brad, discarded by his homophobic mom, falls in with the members of The House of Eminence, ruled by the stern aging diva Queef Latina, who keeps a careful, loving watch over her makeshift family of runaways and throwaways. When two of her crew fall for Brad, the Queef is royally unamused. High flying and low down, LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR is a one of a kind celebration—a gay African American musical about finding your true family.
2011 | Canada | 107 min.
DIRECTOR Sheldon Larry
WRITER Glenn Gaylord
PRODUCERS Gabriel Blanco, Glenn Gaylord, Adam Larry, Jeffrey Larry, Sheldon Larry, Marc L. Bailin
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tom Camarda
WEBSITE ballmusical.com
TORONTO INFO:
SCHEDULE:
| type | date | time | venue | location |
| Press & Industry | Sat., Sept. 10 | 2:00 pm | Scotiabank Theatre | 259 Richmond Street West |
| Premiere | Wed., Sept. 14 | 9:00 pm | Scotiabank Theatre 1 | 320 East 6th St. |
| Thu., Sept. 15 | 2:30 pm | AMC 6 | 259 Richmond Street West | |
| Sun., Sept. 18 | 8:45 pm | Scotiabank Theatre 1 | 259 Richmond Street West |
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE AT TIFF:
Foreign Sales partner RECREATION MEDIA (Ariel Veneziano & Shelley Madison) is attending TIFF
BUYERS PLEASE CONTACT:
orly@thefilmcollaborative.org
+1.323.610.8128
Nancy Collet is representing TFC @ TIFF.
Contact Nancy at:
nancy@thefilmcollaborative.org
+1 323.708.5737