It Takes a Circus (2020)

Eighteen-year-old Aaliyah flies on aerial silks. Her 16-year-old cousin Bre twirls on hoops. They dream of escaping the violence that marred their young lives. Their possible ticket out is the after-school program Trenton Circus Squad. Now that Covid-19 has changed everything, will the circus and the girls’ dreams survive?

Released Dec. 12, 2020 28 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.circus, tmdb.pandemic, tmdb.covid-19, tmdb.short-film, tmdb.documentary-short, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: Columbia Journalism School

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English