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Rize is an American documentary movie starring Lil' C, Tommy Johnson, also known as Tommy the Clown and Miss Prissy. The documentary exposes the new dance form known as krumping that originated in the early 1990s in Inner City Los Angeles. The film was written and directed by David LaChapelle, previously known as a Vanity Fair photographer. Working along side LaChapelle were executive producers, Ishbel Whitaker, Barry Peele, Ellen Jacobson-Clarke, Starvos Merjos, and Rebecca Skinner. Rize was produced by Lions Gate Entertainment and released in January 2005 grossing 3.3 million in the box office.
Rize is a documentary following an interview schedule of two related dancing subcultures of Los Angeles: clowning and krumping. The documentary is divided into three distinct sections. The first series of interviews introduces and develops the clowning dance style. The second series explains how the dance style, krumping, evolved from the original clowning and matured into its own identity. The third section of the film depicts a dance battle called The Battle Zone which takes place between clowns and krumpers at the Great Western Forum in 2004. The film style and soundtrack draws creative ties between African dance and developing style of krump. An atypical sequence in the film uses montage to compare 1940s era anthropological films of African dance ritual with contemporary clowning and krumping dance maneuvers.
Actors: Arnold Oceng (actor), Darren Baba (actor), J. Valentine (editor), J. Valentine (director), J. Valentine (writer), Darren Baba (producer), J. Valentine (actor), Derrion Adams (actor), Derrion Adams (writer), Derrion Adams (director), Derrion Adams (editor), Anthony Valentine (actor), Katherine Evans (actress), Katherine Evans (producer), Anthony Valentine (producer),
Plot: Based in the urban jungle of South London, a local gang split into two groups after Angles (Asa Harris) accuses Major (Aubrey Whyte) of snitching. Dishonour and betrayal spreads between them leading on to full-blown gang warfare. Increasingly motivated by revenge, the rivalry between the gang leaders spirals out of control. The violence escalates as local gangster Rosco (Lawrence Brown) return's from his trip away and discovers who is responsible for his brother's death causing even more trouble for the warring gang members. As the consequences become harsher, an irreversible cycle of revenge is set off with only one way to escape.
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