How She Move

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How She Move

Promotional film poster
Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid
Produced by Brent Barclay
Colin Brunton
Jennifer Kawaja
Claire Prieto
Julia Sereny
Written by Annmarie Morais
Starring Rutina Wesley
Dwain Murphy
Tracey 'Tre' Armstrong
Brennan Gademans
Clé Bennett
Kevin Duhaney
Music by Andrew Lockington
Distributed by Paramount Vantage (theatrical), Sienna Films
Release date(s) January 25, 2008
Running time 98 minutes
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Language English
IMDb profile

How She Move [sic] is 2008 Canadian film directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and starring Rutina Wesley, Clé Bennett and Romina D'Ugo. The film showcases the emerging street culture of step dancing and the talents of a new generation of Canadian-born actors. The film is produced by Celluloid Dreams, Sienna Films and MTV Films.

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[edit] Synopsis

An aspiring medical student whose sister has recently died and who may be forced to relocate from a private school to the neighbourhood in which she was raised enters a step-dancing competition in hopes of securing the funds needed to continue her education. Unable to afford the tuition needed to fund her private-school education, ambitious teen Raya (Rutina Wesley) returns to her family home in the city while reluctantly forced to re-evaluate her future. Upon learning that the top prize for an upcoming step-dancing competition is $50,000, Raya uses her impressive moves to earn a coveted slot in her good friend Bishop's (Dwain Murphy) predominately male JSJ crew. Isolated from the local females due to jealousy and separated from her fellow dancers by gender, the ambitious dancer is subsequently kicked-off the team for showing off during a preliminary competition. Now, if Raya has any hope of realizing her medical school dreams, she will have to either earn back Bishop's trust or organize her own dance crew and start over from scratch.

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Rutina Wesley Reyanne
Dwain Murphy Bishop
Clé Bennett Garvey
Romina D'Ugo Selia
Kevin Duhaney E.C.
Shawn Desman Trey
Brennan Gademans Quake
Tré Armstrong Michelle
Jason Harrow Himself
Jai Jai Jones Lester Johnson
Tristan D. Lalla Big Man Manny
Daniel Morrison Wayne
Keyshia Cole Herself
DeRay Davis Himself

[edit] Reshoot and Release

This Canadian film was original slated to open in Canada in March 2007, but when it picked up a distribution deal from Paramount and MTV at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, the release date was pushed back to allow for reshooting several of the dance sequences, particularly the finale. The film was shot on Super 16mm for $5 million, and Paramount invested another $2 million in the new sequences, re-editing, and new sound mix. They created a new soundtrack with American and Canadian hip-hop artists. The film was originally set and filmed in Toronto, Canada, but the new edit removes references of the team traveling from Toronto to Detroit for the dance competition. [1] Paramount/MTV spent another $10 million in promotion and distribution to 1500 theatres in the United States and 50 in Canada. [2]


[edit] Critical reception

How She Move delivered mainly positive critical response. On its Rotten Tomatoes listing, 71% of critics gave it positive response, based on 58 reviews. The critical consensus for the film was "energetic and gritty".

Its current IMDb rating, however, is less positive. At present, it has a 1.5 rating (the 7th poorest rating of any movie of all time), based on 1,806 votes.[3]

[edit] Filming Locations

[edit] Soundtrack

According to the film's Myspace page, the official track listing is as follows:


  1. G-Slide (Tour Bus) – Lil Mama feat. Kadar
  2. Out Here - Mayhem Morearty
  3. My Boots - Montell Jordan
  4. Perfect - Carl Henry
  5. Jane & Finchin' - Smugglaz
  6. It Don't Make Any Difference To Me (acoustic version) feat. Akil Dasan – Kevin Michael
  7. Hot Hot Hot - Montell Jordan
  8. Reflectionz – Fenom
  9. Ms. Golly - Lenn Hammond
  10. Rude Girl Remix - Montell Jordan
  11. Monster – Saukrates
  12. Work That Stick - Montell Jordan
  13. Still Burnin' - Fenom
  14. Don't Let It Slip Away - Mood Ruff
  15. Tempo – K Smith

[edit] References

  1. ^ How she move that 49th parallel MacLean's January 17 2008
  2. ^ Brantford screenwriter hits it big Brantford Expositor February 1 2008
  3. ^ How She Move (2008)

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