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Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018 · 100 min

Bright, energetic dance numbers carry a familiar underdog story that's easy to watch and gently inspiring.

Directed by: Bille Woodruff
Genres: Music, Drama
Starring: Teyana Taylor, Bryshere Y. Gray, Sierra Aylina McClain

Overview: Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

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Directed by: Bille Woodruff
Genres: Music, Drama
Starring: Teyana Taylor, Bryshere Y. Gray, Sierra Aylina McClain

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Tone: upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
family
identity
found family
coming-of-age
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: music, drama
Directed by: Bille Woodruff
Written by: Robert Adetuyi
Starring: Teyana Taylor, Bryshere Y. Gray, Sierra Aylina McClain, Charmin Lee, Joel Rush, Lawrence Kao, Kwajalyn Brown, Josh Ventura
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: French, Portuguese, Spanish, English

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