Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer

UPC: 066805309267

Studio: BFS Entertainment

Summary: The lives, dreams, and tireless hard work of three Toronto women are captured on camera as filmmaker Elizabeth St. Phillip documents their intense struggle to become breakout hip-hop dance stars. Michelle has a promising career in medicine, but all she really wants to do is dance. Likewise, single mother Linda is working hard to get noticed, and talented Toronto dancer Tracy fears that she will never be accepted into the American industry. Now, in between working on their moves and participating in cattle call casting sessions, these three determined dancers do whatever it takes to get noticed by freelance agents. But while black women in the hip-hop industry are often portrayed as powerful and sexy, behind the scenes they are forced to contend with occasionally misogynistic record producers, video producers, and casting agents who seem entirely incapable of seeing the beauty behind the booty. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Dance [nf]

Features: Interviews
Deleted scenes

Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 05/01/2009

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 55 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer
2. Humble Beginnings [8:40]
3. Getting Out There [9:16]
4. That Certain Look [6:33]
5. Tryouts [8:19]
6. Big Decisions [10:06]
7. Success and Failure [10:40]

Cast and Crew: Silva Basmajian  Executive Producer 
Silva Basmajian  Producer 
Sylvia Sweeney  Executive Producer 
Elizabeth St. Phillip  Director 
Elizabeth St. Phillip  Screenwriter 
David Krain  Composer (Music Score) 
Linda Boahen  Actor 
Michelle Odle  Actor 
Jemeni  Actor 

Country: Canada