DocumentaryYear2017Duration1h 24mIMDb7.1

Step

Documentary

STEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.

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Cast

Amanda Lipitz

Director

GM

Gari McIntyre

Self - New Step Coach

AL

Amanda Leonard

Self

Blessin Giraldo

Self - Founder and Captain

CH

Chevonne Hall

Self - BLSYW Principal

PD

Paula Dofat

Self - Director of College Counseling

GG

Geneva Giraldo

Self - Blessin's Mother

BG

Brooke Giraldo

Self - Blessin's Sister

Cori Grainger

Self

TG

Triana Grainger

Self - Cori's Mother

SG

Shelton Grainger

Self - Cori's Stephfather

Tayla Solomon

Self

MS

Maisha Solomon

Self - Tayla's Mother

LF

Lora Fitzgerald

Self - Step Teacher

LA

Lakira Anderson

Self - Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team Member

SB

Shanice Barkley

Self - Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team Member

YB

Yakema Barkley

Self - Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team Member

TB

Trachya Biles

Self - Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team Member

TD

Tamar Dennis

Self - Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team Member

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farooque10May 31, 2023

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Hulda Miel 💎❤May 20, 2023

Follows the founding class of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women and their STEP group. The main point of the school is for every girl to graduate from high school, get into college and then graduate from college. Raw emotion and choices that some of the ladies make impact their futures for better and worse. Must see!

Diane RussetMay 20, 2023

Like some other reviewers, I was expecting more athletics/sport content, but I found the film gripping, and I didn't feel anything was missing - on the contrary. With all the awfulness in the news these days, seeing these young women strive and succeed over the course of a year was such a positive experience. This film surpassed my expectations even though it was not the film I expected. That film -- given the obvious skills of the director and everyone else involved -- would have been a good sports movie, but this one provided much more food for thought, and inspiration.

♡May 20, 2023

Great documentary, I like dance of many types and this is a great form of dance. Worth watching, to give you hope for teenagers, as so many care about unrealistic things,Ike social media ambition, instead of looking within. Someone here, ungsx, gave it 2/10. Just wanted to inform them that they weren't paying attention. This is not a film with child actors. It's a real documentary about real teenage girls and the support they get from their school, when it doesn't come from parents or the outside world. Obviously, the topic is not for everyone, but at least PAY ATTENTION before writing silly reviews. Worth the watch.

JulesMay 20, 2023

I was very disappointed by the lack of attention actually given to Step. Yes, I enjoyed being brought into the lives of these girls and was very moved by the efforts being made by their school and families to get them into college and on to better lives. Honestly though, this documentary missed it by not showing me more about their classes and certainly I would have liked seeing more performances. That's the main reason I rented this movie. The preview probably showed more step than the movie did. Too bad.

Rawaa BeautyMay 20, 2023

Step, directed by Amanda Lipitz and distributed by Fox Searchlight, is one of my favorite documentaries of all time. When I first heard about the film, I was so excited about it because the art of stepping is such an integral part of African-American culture and history. Then when I saw it, it exceeded every expectation! You will instantly fall in love with all of these lovely young black women. The film follows Blessin Giraldo, Cori Grainger and Tayla Solomon through their senior year at Baltimore's Leadership School for Young Women. As they navigate the college admissions race while participating in the school's step team, we are given a glimpse of African-American life devoid of stereotype or negativity. Step is actually a mashup of two wonderfully uplifting films into one. On the one hand, it is a film about the personal struggles and triumphs that three talented black teen girls and their middle class families face. On the other, it is a movie about a step team trying to win its first championship. I cried, laughed then cheered and cried with joy again! You will, too.

Mercy EkeMay 20, 2023

Review of "Step" After seeing it at the Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight bought the rights to Amanda Lipitz's directorial debut, Grand Jury Prize nominee, and Special Jury Prize Award winner, "Step," and will release it this August. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to check it out myself as it played at the 11th Dallas International Film Festival, and the moment I read about it on the schedule, it was on my short list of "must see" films over the eleven-day event. Taking place around the Baltimore Leadership School for Women, it is the story of their first graduating class in 2016. Each year, 120 young women are chosen to be a part of its sixth through twelfth grade establishment with a goal of 100% college enrollment at graduation. As the first senior class approaches their final year of the school, the audience is taken on a journey with its Step Team. For those of you unfamiliar, Step Teams are a performing group of a specialized form of dance made popular with black fraternities and sororities all over the nation and have now become a part of even some high schools. These young ladies (all from the inner city) show their passion for their art as they try to leave their mark on the legacy of their school as well as welcome the filmmakers into their private lives to allow us to have a glimpse on their individual struggles as they prepare for post-high school life. This documentary absolutely floored me; it's that simple. In less than ninety minutes, I ran the gambit of emotions of celebrating with these young ladies in each other's successes to feeling their frustrations learning the routines (I was a band kid, you know) to feeling the heartbreak of their personal situations, with all of this as they prepare for the biggest competition of the year that they have never even placed at. I totally understand and can remember (even though it was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) how important it was to me at that age to leave a lasting legacy of what I and my classmates left behind when we moved our tassels from one side of our graduation cap to the other. The level of pride that this team has in themselves and each other with their brand new coach is just as commendable as the college advisers and teachers they work with, who put in a ton of work themselves to give them the best possible chance of success in their lives. Whether you have a past in performing or are a parent, this film is a must see for everyone that has a pulse. This is a story of human triumph and tragedy that affected me on a molecular level and I would not be surprised if there is not a TON of praise heaped on this by the end of the summer.

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