Paris Is Burning (1990), Freedom Writers (2007), Eighth Grade (2018), Eternity: The Movie (2014), Speak (2004), Trantasia (2006), Pump Up the Volume (1990), Rize (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Self-expression movies.
Storyline: Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Plot Keywords: dance, social media, mental health, loneliness, modern life, polish cinema, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Society has long pressured women into an either/or situation: Either you raise a family, or you pursue a career. This documentary features five women who do not accept such a division but instead strive to balance their artistic pursuits with raising children. Rather than being detrimental, the challenges of each pursuit reinforce and enrich those of the other. This is examined within the larger context of women's representation in the male-dominated art world.
Plot Keywords: women, artists, identity, creativity, social expectations, gender roles, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dana Marschz is a failed actor and recovering alcoholic who's moved to Tucson to teach high school drama, where he's plagued by bad reviews, student indifference, budget woes (he and his wife, who is trying to get pregnant, take in a boarder), and his own teaching limitations. Because the other electives are closed, he finds himself with a large class of seeming gang-bangers, and the principal informs him that drama will be cut next trimester. On the advice of a student reviewer, Dana decides to stage his own play, a sequel to "Hamlet" in which the prince and Jesus, with the use of a time machine, try to save Gertrude and Ophelia. Can Dana for once pull something off?
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, satire, high school, sequel, redemption, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Chain Camera is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about the lives of Los Angeles high school students.
Plot Keywords: documentary, american film, youth, high school life, verité, social observation, education ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following the death of her parents, teen-aged Andie West is living with her mother's best friend, Sarah. Andie, who doesn't care about school, is trying to figure out where she fits in in life. The only thing she loves is dancing with her street crew, the 410, led by Tuck. The 410 are the most notorious of the street crews in Baltimore and are wanted by the police for their acts of vandalism and public mischief. Sarah threatens to send Andie to live with relatives in Texas unless she cleans up her act, which includes ending her association with the 410 and trying harder at school. Andie's neighborhood friend, Tyler Gage, convinces Andie to audition for entry into the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), an institution which ended up turning his life around for the better. Andie passes the audition but isn't sure she fits in there. The school's director, Blake Collins, isn't sure she fits in there either. Blake is a brilliant dancer but looks for conformity to his way. After learning ...
Plot Keywords: dance, street dance, youth, romance, music, rebellion, competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gravity or Police, these guys don't believe in any law. Idolised by the youth of Paris as much as they're hated by the police, they are the Yamakasis, modern samurais. With acrobatic skillfulness and adrenaline pumping belief in their own immortality, they throw themselves out from incredible heights, and jump from roof to roof. Locked doors and "No Trespassing"-signs become irresistible challenges. But one day, whilst mimicking one of the Yamakasi's more dangerous stunts, a young fan gets injured. Only one operation can save the boy, an operation that his family can't afford.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, extreme sports, french film, urban, team, street culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Plot Keywords: independent film, art, female director, new york, midlife crisis, self-discovery, comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ray Joshua (Saul Williams), a talented black poet from the Washington, D.C., projects, is arrested on petty drug charges and thrown into the black hole that is the D.C. jail. There he meets the two people who can redirect his life: a prison gang leader and a beautiful female poet teaching a self-expression class for inmates.
Plot Keywords: independent film, prison, social injustice, urban life, racial issues, black protagonist, realism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.—Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
Plot Keywords: teen, comedy, music, dance, 1980s, high school, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Today's hottest burlesque performers reveal the passion and personalities, the naked truth of an exotic world where artifice is a route to authenticity and pretending to be someone else is the ultimate journey to become yourself.
Plot Keywords: musical, dance, performing arts, cabaret, stage, behind the scenes, art documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
Plot Keywords: dance, music, street culture, los angeles, 1980s, youth, dreams ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery. The film traces the evolution of this award-winning outreach program developed by Kazi, a formerly homeless teenager turned youth mentor. After four years of collaboration, the group produced a powerful and thought-provoking album that provides a revealing look at their lives. In contrast to all the negative attention focused on hip hop and rap music, this is a story of hope, healing and the realization of dreams.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, hip hop, music, new york, youth, education, social issues ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young street artist, Danny, in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression. Danny puts his graffiti artist skills to use and paints murals on the hoods of lowrider cars to help his brother win an upcoming competition.
Plot Keywords: car culture, los angeles, family conflict, father-son relationship, sibling rivalry, custom cars, gangs ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A diverse group of high school students band together to peacefully stick it to their overbearing principal.
Plot Keywords: teen, comedy, high school, american, rebellion, friendship, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The old teen rebel saga is updated for the rap crowd, unfortunately rapper Vanilla Ice is the teen. Ice shows up on a neon-yellow motorcycle which gets everyone's attention, including the female honor student who has never had a rebellious bone in her body.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, rap, youth, romance, rebellion, street culture, 1990s ...
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