list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Rize on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Rize/257513/default.aspx Title: Rize
Year: 2005
Director: David LaChapelle
Plot: Noted photographer David LaChapelle makes his feature directorial debut with this documentary on a new facet of street culture in South Central Los Angeles. In 1992, after long-simmering racial tensions in Los Angeles erupted in riots following the verdicts in the Rodney King trial, a man named Tommy Johnson sought to spread a new message in a new way to the city's African-Americans. Creating a character called Tommy the Clown, Johnson developed an act that combined hip-hop-flavored comedy and dancing with an anti-gang and anti-violence message. Johnson's performances became wildly popular in South Central -- so much so that at one point, 50 different groups inspired by Johnson's example were performing in the area. In time, Johnson's loose-limbed dance style inspired a new wave of hip-hop street dancing called "krumping," a wildly athletic style in which arms, legs, and bodies fly with a frenzied abandon that moves at almost inhuman speeds. Rize follows the birth of clown dancing and krumping in South Central, and records how many young people have adopted the dance as a style of competition, offering a safer and healthier alternative to the gang culture that has long dominated Los Angeles. Rize premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:23:11 GMTRize2005David LaChapelleNoted photographer David LaChapelle makes his feature directorial debut with this documentary on a new facet of street culture in South Central Los Angeles. In 1992, after long-simmering racial tensions in Los Angeles erupted in riots following the verdicts in the Rodney King trial, a man named Tommy Johnson sought to spread a new message in a new way to the city's African-Americans. Creating a character called Tommy the Clown, Johnson developed an act that combined hip-hop-flavored comedy and dancing with an anti-gang and anti-violence message. Johnson's performances became wildly popular in South Central -- so much so that at one point, 50 different groups inspired by Johnson's example were performing in the area. In time, Johnson's loose-limbed dance style inspired a new wave of hip-hop street dancing called "krumping," a wildly athletic style in which arms, legs, and bodies fly with a frenzied abandon that moves at almost inhuman speeds. Rize follows the birth of clown dancing and krumping in South Central, and records how many young people have adopted the dance as a style of competition, offering a safer and healthier alternative to the gang culture that has long dominated Los Angeles. Rize premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide17Tag Target (>10)313http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t66253l2b9s.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Rize/257513/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/gothere/archive/2007/4/23/7502.aspx Post By: gothere
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Post Date: 4/23/2007 9:52:37 PM
Body: When I was in South Central L.A. for a photo shoot on the first year anniversary after the 1992 riots, the tension was palpable. Rize documents a new style of dance, of self expression, of coping. Krumpin' captures the violence and joy and intensity of the life and times of those who live there.
]]>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:52:37 GMTgothereYou should go there4/23/2007 9:52:37 PMWhen I was in South Central L.A. for a photo shoot on the first year anniversary after the 1992 riots, the tension was palpable. Rize documents a new style of dance, of self expression, of coping. Krumpin' captures the violence and joy and intensity of the life and times of those who live there. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/amazing/MemberTagFilms.aspxamazing
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