Stars: Rutina Wesley, Brennan Gademans, Cle Bennett, Tre Armstrong, Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Dwain Murphy, Keyshia Cole, DeRay Davis

Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid

Summary: An intelligent and driven high school student has her academic dreams dashed when tragedy strikes and her parents are left struggling to make ends meet. She moves back home where she rekindles her passion for dance, and gets involved with the local step dancing teams. As they compete for big money prizes, she realises that this might be her last chance of ever making it out of the projects...

Much like STOMP THE YARD and STEP UP, HOW SHE MOVE showcases the hypnotic choreography and mind-blowing talent that make step dancing such a popular part of youth culture. In her film debut, Rutina Wesley portrays Raya Green, a high school student hailing from the projects. Her intelligence and drive bring her to a prestigious private school, but she is forced back home after her sister's death from a drug addiction soaks up the last of Raya's tuition fund. With her parents working round the clock to make ends meet, Raya finds herself gravitating to her former friends from the neighbourhood. She rekindles her passion for dancing, and gets involved with the local step dancing teams as they compete their way toward big money prizes. Realising this is a second shot out of the projects, she gives dancing everything: all the intensity, fear, and pride she has welled up inside her.
HOW SHE MOVE effectively deals with some sensitive issues--drugs, poverty, and death--through the perspective of urban kids on the brink of adulthood. Though it's easy to get caught up in the dancing and fierce competition, other heartfelt messages trickle through as well, including the importance of family, community, and culture. With an impressive soundtrack and some fantastic performances, HOW SHE MOVE will truly entertain as well as inspire.

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Dare you to keep your feet still while watching How She Move, a rip-roaring salute to Jamaican-influenced step-dancing with an infectious backbeat. The film will appeal to fans of other dance tributes like Stomp the Yard but also to fans of High School Musical, Bring It On and other teen let's-put-on-a-show empowerment films. The story is set in Toronto's thriving Caribbean-immigrant community, though there are nods to American 'hoods as well. While the drama is a bit short on plot, there's no shortage of action or star power. The film's lead, the dynamic Rutina Wesley, plays Raya Green, an honors student whose life is shattered by the death of her sister, and by her unwilling return from her private school to her urban neighborhood. But young Raya's spirit is indomitable, as shows the tough neighborhood boys she's every bit a dance force to be reckoned with as they are. Her dancing gives this film its sweet patina of girl power on top of its fabulous choreographed moves. Also don't miss the great soundtrack, featuring Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes. How she move? Pretty darn great. --A.T. Hurley

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2007
Release Date:	August 4, 2008
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P R D 9433
Keywords:	English, She, General, How, Dance, Move, Urban, Drama
Genre:	Drama