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Rize (2005)
Rize is a documentary about dancing, clowning, and inner city life
I think Rize was a good attempt in documenting the new dance and Clowning phenomenon in the inner city of Los Angeles. But I found some scenes problematic; there were too many long shots of the group with Miss Prissy in it - they were all great dancers but it was just the extended long shots of them dancing greased up - it took away from the overall message that I believe LaChappelle intended and instead looked like another music video (which is what he usually does). There are a lot of cute scenes with children dancing and Tommy the Clown's story is inspirational, but I just thought that there were some odd aspects of the film that I am not sure if I agree with or not. Like the juxtaposition of them dancing with native African dancing footage...I think it's supposed to be an insightful connection, but it could be an unintentional condescending parallel imagery for some viewers.