Rize
2005 | Documentary/Music | 86 min | PG-13
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018 7:30 PM
Part of the Science on Screen Film Series presented by Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Plays Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 PM at the Michigan. Part of the Science on Screen Film Series presented by Arbor Research Collaborative for Health. Featuring a post-film Q&A with Prof. Robin Wilson of the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance and a founding member of the New York dance company Urban Bush Women.
Celebrated fashion photographer DAVID LACHAPELLE makes his documentary filmmaking debut with a visually arresting film shot on the streets of Los Angeles' gritty South Central neighborhood. After his community is nearly destroyed in the days of violent race riots after the 1992 Rodney King verdict, dancer Tommy "The Clown" Johnson creates a kinetic, athletic form of hip-hop competitive dancing that he dubs clowning, which later breaks through to the mainstream as krumping.