As they are now: (Back) Salim Gauwloos, Oliver Crumes, Carlton Wilborn, Kevin Stea. (Front) Luis Camacho, Jose Gutierez (Promotional movie image © Linda Posnick)

Jose & Luis—two of Madonna's dancers from her iconic Blond Ambition World Tour—are seen in interviews conducted for a new documentary that covers the tour and the resulting doc Truth or Dare.

Yes, a documentary about the making of a documentary!

Stea, the late Gabriel Trupin & Oliver Crumes (Promotional movie image © Lisa Guarnieri)

Strike a Pose, directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan, rounds up all of the surviving dancers (Gabriel Trupin died of AIDS more than 20 years ago) for what sounds like a candid, if not exactly combative, remembrance of Madonna, of a high point in her career and of how their lives as gay (and one straight) men changed due to immediate and international scrutiny.

Jose Gutierez (Movie still via Strike a Pose)

Jose Gutierez remembers Madonna asking to see vogueing when auditioning the dancers:

She saw raw talent, she saw character ... young artist expression is the best. Spoke my mind—just like she did.

Luis Camacho (Movie still via Strike a Pose)

Luis Camacho offers this pointed analysis of the troupe's effeminacy, as captured in Truth or Dare, a trait that at the time repulsed hetero dancer Oliver Crumes:

We carried our flamboyance as a warning. Yes, we have earrings on. Yes, we have eyeliner on. But don't mistake any of this [Laughs] for weakness.

Beautiful people arriving in Berlin!

Posted by Strike a Pose on Sunday, February 14, 2016

Can't wait to see this film, which just struck a distribution deal.

Click here for a positive review from a critic who saw the movie in Berlin. Check out the standing O the film received:  

An ongoing standing ovation here at the berlinale! What a special night! #worldpremiere #strikeaposefilm #blondambitiontour #reunion #berlinfilmfestival

Posted by Strike a Pose on Monday, February 15, 2016