UK PREMIERE

6:30pm Friday 23rd March 2007

Cuban identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saa grew up to become acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister left for the United States while the other embraced the Cuban Revolution. This film is the story of these two women, forever linked by birth and dance, but struggling to overcome a deep rift between them and nations alike. Shot in the USA and Cuba over a period of four years, Mirror Dance reveals some of the complexities of the sisters' relationship.. the worlds, in which they live, the choices each has made and the conflicts each has endured...as they hope that one day they will reconcile.

This film is being shown on Friday 23rd March 2007