Anita Velez: Dancing Through Life

Posted on: June 6, 2001 | Views: 2,446 | Comment

Spurred by her father's untimely death, Los Angeles television news anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell turns the camera on herself in a three year journey to gain insight into her relationship with her mother. Jane hopes to learn how Anita Velez, a Puerto Rican former circus and vaudeville performer, now in her eighties, has managed to continue literally "dancing through life." Jane, trying to piece together a mysterious past, takes her mother back in time to a place that sheds light on family secrets and helps JaneSpurred by her father's untimely death, Los Angeles television news anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell turns the camera on herself in a three year journey to gain insight into her relationship with her mother. Jane hopes to learn how Anita Velez, a Puerto Rican former circus and vaudeville performer, now in her eighties, has managed to continue literally "dancing through life." Jane, trying to piece together a mysterious past, takes her mother back in time to a place that sheds light on family secrets and helps Jane come to terms with her own life.