Jamal Sims
When The Beat Drops
When leading choreographer Jamal Sims came across the underground dance movement known as ‘bucking’, he was so taken with it that he decided that this would be the subject of his documentary directing debut. The result is a wonderfully energetic and a rather joyful movie that centers of a group of dancers, and one in particular who is known as…
What the Buck!
In a very noisy Press Room at the Miami Film Festival, dancer/choreographer Jamal Sims talks about his directing debut, along with Jordan Finnegan his producer, of When The Beat Drops an exciting new queer black dance documentary on the fabulous world of ‘bucking’ that premiered at the Festival. The movie’s other producers are the legendary Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato of World of Wonder fame,…
