Uncle Roy

A dancer, ice skater, archivist, US military veteran, male nude art pioneer, and notable presence in New York’s elite art scene, Roy Blakey was a multilayered figure who had traveled all over the world as a cast member of the legendary “Holiday on Ice.” Simultaneously, he was the beloved uncle and mentor of the documentary filmmaker, Keri Pickett, who, by playfully blending rich archival material, interviews with people recounting their experiences alongside him, and, of course, the stories of 93-year-old Blakey himself as his memory declines, presents in her fourth feature film a rhythmic, tender, lovable, and unapologetically queer portrait of the man and artist that decisively shaped her own trajectory.