Joy Womack: The White Swan (2021): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2021, Joy Womack: The White Swan is a documentary film directed by Dina Burlis, running about 95 minutes. “To Become The Best, She Had To Break Her World Apart” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Joy grew up in a typical American family. She always wanted to be a ballet dancer and moved to Russia when she was 15 to follow her dream. Without a word of Russian, not completely fit for the physical requirements of Russian ballet dancers, Joy shows her strength and dedication to ballet and accomplishing her dreams. We follow Joy’s personal and professional life: from her daily challenges, injuries, performances to becoming a ballet dancer with Bolshoi Theatre group and then prima ballerina of Kremlin Ballet, where she has performance of her lifetime - Swan Lake, before closing this chapter of her life and leaving Russia to pursue new opportunities.

Who’s in it. Joy Womack: The White Swan stars Joy Annabelle Womack as self, Nikita Ivanov-Goncharov as self, Elizabeth Shvedenko as self and Natalia Goncharova as self, among others.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Joy Womack: The White Swan page.

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