Joseph East Films, LLC

production company for i will dance, the documentary. there's a new movement in selma, alabama. teens are dancing their defiance, silencing statistics, and overcoming obstacles. i will dance tells their story. random acts of theatre company (ratco) is more than a theatre company. to the girl who doesn’t know where she’ll sleep each night, it’s a home. to the boy who prefers singing and dancing to football, it’s a safe place. and to all the young people who are finding their voices there, it’s a movement. against the backdrop of segregated institutions and the social ills that come along with extreme poverty (including underperforming schools, rampant teenage pregnancy, and a murder rate that is five times higher than the national average) ratco selma’s young people are breaking the familial and societal norms modeled around them. among the cycle breakers highlighted in the film are semaj, tori, and macio. semaj is a bright student and gifted writer in a place where being smart is seen