Institute History
Description
After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Sharing a cramped Brooklyn apartment, they quickly discover that the years of separation and struggle have turned them into strangers. Esther, his wife, has become a religious zealot, and Walter is ashamed to admit he doesn't feel the same fire for her. Sylvia, his daughter, whom Walter left when she was just months old, is too dutiful to show the pain she feels. As they struggle to reconnect, they each rely on the muscle memory of dance to remember themselves and one another.
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