How She Move [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Mongrel Media
• Language(s): english
• Director(s): Ian Iqbal Rashid
• Actor(s): Rutina Wesley, Tre Armstrong

Forced to drop out of her prestigious private school and return to the crime-ridden projects, Raya feels her dreams slipping through her fingers. So it's time to start using her feet. Hiding behind her big brain is an incredible step dancer and her fierce moves just might be her last hope. Caught between love, loyalty and a future that seems farther away with every step she takes, Raya must decide if chasing her dreams is worth losing herself. The feel-good hit of the Sundance Film Festival is a high-energy coming-of-age story featuring electrifying step dance sequences sequences by superstar choreographer Hi Hat. Review "...strong acting, spectacular dance routines...It's the sort of film that sends you home with a spring in your step." -- Matt Zoller Seitz, THE NEW YORK TIMES "...it has energy and bravado..." -- David Denby, THE NEW YORKER "...urgent and convincing and alive!" -- Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times "How She Move takes the prize with kick-ass dancing and on-the-mark acting" -- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY