VIDEO : Ballet Star Carlos Acosta Opens Up About Film Depicting His Life Story

HAVANA (Reuters) - For Carlos Acosta, the son of a black truck driver in Communist-run Cuba, overcoming poverty, prejudice and politics to become a global ballet legend, write a best-selling memoir and create his own dance company was not enough. Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta gives an interview as he attends the film premiere for "Yuli", a biopic about his life, during Havana's International Film Festival in Havana, Cuba, December 7, 2018. Picture taken December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer The 45-year-old, who won fame as a teen for his athleticism and virtuosity, this week presented a movie about his rags-to-riches life at Havana?s annual film fest that moved audiences to laugh, weep and thunderously applaud.