| How Belle laid the groundwork for today’s badass No Images? Click here   Take a peek at where dancers live across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey.  “I feel as though there is a need for women of color to make images of women of color where we can literally see ourselves.”   Yet every year, we read lists of perfect Christmas movies that begin with “Love Actually” and end with “The Holiday." None of these movies are the best Christmas movie. Neither is “Elf,” or “A Christmas Story,” or “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s definitely not “White Christmas” or “The Santa Clause.” The best Christmas movie is “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”   “La La Land” and its ilk are fun reflections on the Golden Age of film. But there are great movies being made today, too.   Fredrik Lerneryd spent the last year and a half photographing ballet dancers in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi.  Every Friday, HuffPost's Culture Shift newsletter tells you which books you should read, art you should check out, movies you should watch and music should listen to. Like what you see? Share with a friend. Can't get enough? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: HuffPost's Entertainment newsletter and HuffPost Must Reads.
- - |
16 ballerinas invite you inside their NYC bedrooms
