STEP
Year: 2017
Country: USA
Director: Amanda Lipitz
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 84 min.
Age: 16+
Country: USA
Director: Amanda Lipitz
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 84 min.
Age: 16+
STEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore. As each one tries to become the first in their families to attend college, the girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in the troubled city.
Awards & Festivals:
Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Prize Documentary
AFI Docs Festival – Feature Documentary
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) – Best Documentary
Critic's Choice Documentary Awards – Best Song in a Documentary
Film Club's The Lost Weekend – Best Documentary
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – participation
Seattle International Film Festival – Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award
Wisconsin Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
Cinetopia Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
Stockholm Film Festival – participation
AFI Docs Festival – Feature Documentary
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) – Best Documentary
Critic's Choice Documentary Awards – Best Song in a Documentary
Film Club's The Lost Weekend – Best Documentary
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – participation
Seattle International Film Festival – Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award
Wisconsin Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
Cinetopia Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
Stockholm Film Festival – participation
