Rize

Rize
by David LaChapelle

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Actor: Christopher Toler, Larry Berry, Lil C., Miss Prissy, Tommy the Clown
Director: David LaChapelle
Brand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate

DVD Reviews of Rize

DVD Review: Overview
Summary: 5 Stars

I thank you for your prompt response in mailing the DVD to me. I look forward to buying from you in the future.

DVD Review: RIZE
Summary: 5 Stars

this is one of the great dance movies of the last like 15 years in my opinion. it shows how dance can really affect a people and keep people out of trouble. it shows the relation between old and new, religion, spirituality, and so much more. it hits home for me. i grew in the era of battles and dance offs. but being from the city of chicago we didnt krump or clown it was all about the foot work. a high intensity, very fast dance the was based on quick and sharp movements of the feet and legs. a good example is the video for the song "watch my feet". and if the dancing dosent get u interested the hard bodies of the great dancers will!

DVD Review: ONE OF THE BEST DOCU-FILMS EVER
Summary: 5 Stars

AS A DANCER AND DANCE EDUCATOR, I FOUND THIS FILM TO BE WONDERFUL, REALISTIC, ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTATIONS OF AMERICAN LIFE THERE IS. I HAVE USED IT IN MY CLASSROOM AS A COMPONENT TO TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL RELEVANCE, AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE LIVES MY STUDENTS/DANCERS. THANK YOU MR. LACHAPELLE FOR SHOWING MYSELF AND MY STUDENTS/DANCERS THAT NO MATTER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE YOU CAN IN FACT "R I Z E"

DVD Review: I just don't get it!? Someone explain this to me!
Summary: 3 Stars

I now own and have owned a video rental store for 15 years, I am viewing this film as I type this. I was awed and amazed by the first half of this video, the drive, the creativity, the energy, the positive attitudes. I was ready to rate this 5 Stars, thinking of offering a free rental of this inspiring film to my customers in order to share my admiration of the positive attitudes I was witnessing. I found myself wanting to help Tommy's efforts in some way, I was ready to buy copies of this DVD and send it to my son for his children to watch, hoping my grandchildren would be inspired by the dancing. I wish I had the words to be more eloquent in expressing my disappointment and confusion at the turn of events in this movie.

When they began the "BattleZone" I totally lost my admiration for the director of this so called "documentary". When I saw the one dancer kneel on the stage and lift his leg as if to urinate like a dog, I got a sick, sinking feeling. Why did they & Tommy the Clown turn this into a brutal contest? Isn't this just another type of gang activity? Honestly...I truly wish someone would explain this to me. Being a young white 59yr old woman, and the grandmother of 3 beautiful mixed grandchildren, I fear for their safety in anything they do. I'm trying hard to watch this film to the end, but I just do not understand the turn of events; the sadness I am seeing on this TV Screen.

Did I miss something important? Tommy lost his home because the Clowns won the contest? Sign me totally confused... I'm not sure why I am offering 3 Stars, I guess for Miss Prissy...

DVD Review: the review of rize
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is a good movie i love it its my favorite movie its about this kids who stay in califoina who are called clowns and krumpers and they are that because they don't won't be in a gang and they dance to take out there anger and i recommend the movie to everyone and its a good movie because you don't have to do nothing bad when you mad you can dance it off and thats why i recommend the movie.

by-LaPrincia Myles!!!!!!!!

Description of Rize

An intimate completely fresh portrayal of youth in suoth central who have created art - & often family - where there was nothing. Surrounded by drug addiction gangs & impoverishment they have developed a unique style of dance that evolves on a daily basis. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/06/2007 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: Pg13

The riveting documentary Rize explores the physically astounding Los Angeles worlds of clowning and krumping--both heightened and spectacular styles of hip-hop dance. With roots in breakdancing and the furious response to the Rodney King beating, clowning was launched by Tommy the Clown, a former drug runner turned children's-party-clown, with brightly colored jumpsuits and a psychedelic afro wig. To gather attention, Tommy began to gyrate and writhe in the street; before long, he was not only getting gigs, he'd inspired dozens of other clown groups, all with their own spin on face make-up and Tommy's dance moves. With a little cross-pollination from stripper dance moves and a good dose of aggression, clowning begat krumping, which resembles a cross between an epileptic seizure and ecstatic possession--what one practitioner calls "ghetto ballet." In addition to dancing that will make your eyes pop, Rize interviews dancers like Tight Eyez, La Nina, Lil C, and Miss Prissy, building a portrait of a subculture, culminating in a dance battle between clowns and krumps called BattleZone V. Directed by photographer and music video director David LaChappelle, Rize persuasively portrays these twin dance movements as not only a personal exorcism, but as the effort of a community to escape the corrosive forces of gangs and drugs. --Bret Fetzer

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