Flick Picks for Publishing & Printing Professionals: FP4 pick of the week

Friday, November 30, 2007

FP4 entry 20071130

Krumpers UNITE!!! FP4 pick of the week

PICK:

“Stomp the Yard” (2007) Director: Sylvain White

Info & Trailer: http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/308924

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Stomp_the_Yard/70053461?strkid=1202931635_0_0

ENTRY: Welcome to the FP4 entry of the week. Our pick this week is “Stomp the Yard.” It is a movie I normally wouldn’t have gravitated towards but having many people in my life that enjoy the art of dance, I decided to give it a chance. Though I am far from being a professional dancer myself, I can appreciate passion for any form of art. I hope you aspire for the same.

SYNOPSIS: DJ Williams (Columbus Short) plays an exceptional role and does awsome character development which begins in the heart of the urban dance and club scene where many experimental dances begin today. After the tragic death of his closest brother, he carries a large level of guilt into his future. He pursues a college degree where he battles his roots against the compromising contradiction of conformity of college life. The step squad he joins with portrays struggles in a paradoxical way against the priority of brotherhood and the importance of team work which is pitted against the powerful force of personal identity and uniqueness. This, I am sure, is a struggle most professional or life-dedicated artists feel at some stage of their career.

SCOPE: You will enjoy this movie if you like the movie “Drum Line” or “Honey” as it tackles some of the same topics. You don’t necessarily need to be tied to classic dance to enjoy the movie. “Stomp the Yard” shows an alternative view of raw and basic passions of the urban struggles and lifestyle through dance. You may enjoy this movie if you enjoy alternative views to classic thought and classical education. It effectively questions the authority of team over individual needs. It’s rebellious in its thematic approach but at the same time embraces tradition and history. If long dance scenes in musicals have gotten boring to you, you may want to skip this one. But if you give it a chance I think you might be pleasantly surprised. I hope you like it! Let me know your thoughts if you do.