Becoming Burlesque

Humans need to progress, not stand still for thousands of years. This movie and the skilled actors illustrate the challenges of a modern cultures soft spot. Namely the freedom to be religious even if it hinders others freedom and life.

That makes it profoundly important. <3

A fine feature debut from Jackie English, showing the burlesque world from an insider's perspective, as well as a multicultural perspective on personal empowerment.

I feel like this movie disrespects the culture of Islam. like i don't really have a problem with people becoming burlesque. But having a Muslim female in this while showing that she is Islamic is quiet disrespectful. like it wasn't necessary for her to choose between her faith and her job.

very disturbed

This movie delivers strong messages that need to be heard! It's clever, powerful and an enjoyable film to watch. The combination of Jackie English's writing and directing with Shiva Negar as the lead and her great cast is wonderful team and I hope to see them work together again.

So glad to finally see an accurate representation of burlesque on screen! Now we can finally point to a movie to show the muggle world what burlesque really is rather than having to explain it's not like the Christina Aguilera movie. As the majority of the cast is made up of actual burlesque performers it really helps bring a truely authentic feeling of burlesque to the screen.

The story is beautifully written and directed by Jackie English and the entire cast delivers a wonderful performance.

I would highly recommend this movie!