Rize
Documentary
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2005
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A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came out of the low income neighborhoods of L.A.. Director David LaChapelle interviews each dance crew about how their unique dances evolved. A new and positive activity away from the drugs, guns, and gangs that ruled their neighborhood. A raw film about a growing sub-culture movements in America.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
15 Jan 2005
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's a well-known truth in the dance world that the body doesn't lie. As long as the characters in this film are dancing, we have little reason to doubt their sincerity. But once turned into talking heads, the dancers begin to sound like propagandists.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
5 Aug 2005
fresh:
A vivid portrait of art rising from deprivation and social hopelessness.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
5 Aug 2005
fresh:
LaChapelle's powerful street-dance documentary Rize never lets us forget that its subjects are dancing in a war zone. But dance they do, in a kind of controlled frenzy, with music throbbing and limbs whirling and swaying and pulsing to the beat.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
8 Jul 2005
fresh:
[LaChapelle's] not the world's best documentarian, but he saw something that needed chronicling. So he turned his camera on the krumpers and let them do the rest. Smart choice.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
1 Jul 2005
fresh:
Clowning and krumping are urban art and art therapy in motion.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
1 Jul 2005