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    1) The film "How She Move" is about a young woman named Raya Green who attends private school but loses her scholarship after failing an important exam, which she failed due to the recent death of her beloved sister. 2) Raya now attends public school and clashes with others as a sullen loner, including her friend Michelle who accuses her of being a "cultural traitor." Raya gets a chance to return to private school by participating in a local dance competition called stepping with a $50,000 prize. 3) The film focuses on Raya navigating the competitive world of stepping crews and dealing with the disapproval of her mother, all while struggling with the loss

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    1) The film "How She Move" is about a young woman named Raya Green who attends private school but loses her scholarship after failing an important exam, which she failed due to the recent death of her beloved sister. 2) Raya now attends public school and clashes with others as a sullen loner, including her friend Michelle who accuses her of being a "cultural traitor." Raya gets a chance to return to private school by participating in a local dance competition called stepping with a $50,000 prize. 3) The film focuses on Raya navigating the competitive world of stepping crews and dealing with the disapproval of her mother, all while struggling with the loss

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    1) The film "How She Move" is about a young woman named Raya Green who attends private school but loses her scholarship after failing an important exam, which she failed due to the recent death of her beloved sister. 2) Raya now attends public school and clashes with others as a sullen loner, including her friend Michelle who accuses her of being a "cultural traitor." Raya gets a chance to return to private school by participating in a local dance competition called stepping with a $50,000 prize. 3) The film focuses on Raya navigating the competitive world of stepping crews and dealing with the disapproval of her mother, all while struggling with the loss

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    How She Move

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    1) The film "How She Move" is about a young woman named Raya Green who attends private school but loses her scholarship after failing an important exam, which she failed due to the recent death of her beloved sister. 2) Raya now attends public school and clashes with others as a sullen loner, including her friend Michelle who accuses her of being a "cultural traitor." Raya gets a chance to return to private school by participating in a local dance competition called stepping with a $50,000 prize. 3) The film focuses on Raya navigating the competitive world of stepping crews and dealing with the disapproval of her mother, all while struggling with the loss

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    school, but blew a scholarship qualifying exam (a
    setback she has kept secret). Now she’s a sullen
    loner who clashes with nearly everyone, including
    a longtime friend named Michelle (Tré
    Armstrong), a stepper and troubled student who
    accuses Raya of being a cultural traitor and
    “slumming.”
    The truth is, Raya had good reason to choke during
    that big test. Her beloved older sister — a local legend
    in stepping contests, briefly glimpsed in flashbacks
    dancing with a preadolescent Raya — had recently
    died from a drug overdose. To the film’s credit this
    tragedy, which would have been an arbitrary tear-
    jerking touch in other movies, hangs over every frame,
    even in fleeting details, like the shot of Raya reading
    “Jane Eyre.”
    Raya gets a chance
    to return to private
    school courtesy of a
    local stepping contest
    with a $50,000 top prize.
    She’s good enough to
    dance with any team,
    and she’s ruthless in her
    choice. She considers
    joining Michelle’s team,
    then hooks up with one
    run by a male friend
    (and potential beau)
    named Bishop (Dwain
    Murphy), because, as
    the script makes clear,
    the world of stepping is
    intensely sexist,
    segregating teams by
    gender and always
    awarding the top prize
    to male teams. (The
    screenwriter, Annmarie
    Morais, herself a
    descendant of Caribbean
    immigrants in Toronto,
    embroiders the story
    with details that feel
    lived rather than
    If you’ve ever seen a film
    before, you know that Raya will
    repeatedly clash with Bishop, go over
    to a rival squad and return to
    Bishop’s side for a triumphant finale.
    You also know that she will flagrantly
    disregard the angry warnings of her
    academically minded mom (a heart-
    wrenching Melanie Nicholls-King) and
    concentrate on dance at the expense
    of schoolwork. And that when she
    inevitably wins the big prize, her
    mother will be there and have a
    change of heart.
    It is, in short, the kind of movie
    that sinks or swims on its
    performances and atmosphere. “How
    She Move” is aces in both
    departments, from its magnetic cast
    of skilled dancer-actors to its script,
    which alternates eloquently rough
    (yet rarely profane) zingers with
    exchanges that strengthen the film’s
    themes while further defining its
    smart, striving characters.
    Directed by Ian Iqbal
    Rashid; written by Annmarie
    Morais; director of
    photography, André Pienaar;
    edited by Susan Maggi;
    music by Andrew
    Lockington; production
    designer, Aidan Leroux;
    choreography by Hi-Hat;
    produced by Jennifer
    Kawaja, Julia Sereny and
    Brent Barclay; released by
    Paramount Vantage.
    Running time: 1 hour 34
    minutes.

    WITH: Rutina Wesley (Raya Green), Dwain Murphy


    (Bishop), Tré Armstrong (Michelle), Brennan
    Gademans (Quake), Shawn Desman (Trey), Kevin
    Duhaney (E. C.), Melanie Nicholls-King (Faye Green),
    Keyshia Cole (herself) and DeRay Davis (himself).
    “How she move”
    soundtrack:

    1.Lil mama>G-slide
    2.Carl Henry>Perfect
    3.Lenn
    Hammond>Ms.Golly
    4.Smugglaz>Jane &
    Finchin’
    5.Montell Jordan>My
    boots
    6.Montell Jordan>Hot
    hot hot
    7.Montell
    Jordan>Work that stick
    8.Fenom>Still burning
    9.Saukrates>Monster
    10.K.Smith>Tempo
    11.Kevin Michael
    ft.Akil>I don’t make
    any difference
    12.Mayhem

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