FIVE STAR FILMS #39: How She Move (2007)  , , Leave a comment
A dance movie? In five star films? The horror! The blasphemy!
The indignity of it all! While most generic dance flicks
automatically have you cocking a pistol and pointing it at your
cranium, How She Movie is definitely not one of them. Gritty,
compelling, and emotional, this look into the world of ‘step’ is
an indie gem that slipped under the radar. It’s also one that
definitely deserves a second look.  The opening  How She Move
movie imageIt begins simply enough: a child’s rhyme plays softly
as an old video of two girls dancing is shown. Then the music
changes in intensity: a dramatic beat is introduced and we now
see a young woman dancing along to the video. But it’s not the
cute, innocent movements of the kids. It’s an angry, almost
violent physical display that matches the ferocious switch in
music. It builds and builds and you know something this
relentless cannot last. The opening scene ends in tears as the
nameless woman dancing to the cl