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Synopsis: Reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film bring to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. We meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it Clowning, as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own troupe and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to outperform rival gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping becomes a way of life--and, because it's authentic expression (in complete opposition to the bling-bling hip-hop culture), the da
Director(s): David LaChapelle
Production: Lions Gate Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
2005
86 min
£3,278,611
Website
132 Views


A clown group is...

Birthday parties.

How do I put it?

A clown group is...

Makin' people happy.

Is a group of people

entertaining...

Makin' smiles where

there were no smiles...

laughter where

there was no laughter.

See, a lot of clown groups

don't have the entertainment.

You can't just go out there

and just dance, dance, dance.

People don't wanna see that.

They wanna see a show.

You have to, like,

love doin' it.

You can't just say...

"Uh, I'm gonna do it

'cause I know how to dance."

It's, like, something

you have to have love for.

It's like a getaway.

You know what I mean?

You get to travel

from here to there...

see, meet different people.

And some people don't even

get out their own neighborhood.

People say, "Why you still

dancin' with Tommy the Clown?"

You know what I'm sayin'?

Because I want to.

I like to do this.

I been doin' this

since I was 12.

I'm 18 now, you know?

So I'm gettin' older,

and I like entertaining.

You know what I'm saying?

This is one of my dreams

I wanna pursue...

is to be an entertainer.

I can do my dance thing.

I can be funny.

I can make people laugh.

I can meet new people.

I can...

make myself a name

to where people know who I am...

and give me my respect for just

doing something positive...

and not going negative.

'Cause if I wasn't doin'

this clown sh*t...

I honestly think

I'd have probably been...

a very, very, very bad person.

Yo, Tommy.

Would you happen

to remember Celestine?

No. Who is this?

I told you he don't remember.

No. How you doin'?

I remember you.

- What you been up to, girl?

- Nothin'.

When they let you out of jail?

Oh, this ain't...

Oh, my bad. I thought...

Ain't this the one?

Well, she look like her.

I wanna see you...

Go, shorty

It's your birthday

We gonna party

like it's your birthday

We gonna sip Bacardi like...

Hold on, baby. Hold on.

No. No, baby. We not gonna

sip no Bacardi, sweetheart.

- Blow it out.

- I know it hurts.

That's all right.

That's all right.

And we gonna sing it for you...

Let it out.

Right here, right now.

And it goes

a little somethin' like this.

Happy birthday

dear Liza

Oh, yes, indeed

I don't need y'all to clap

'Cause we know we can sing, yeah

I'm not talkin' to you... ou... ou

Y'all better clap.

That's the end of the song.

How many clown groups are there?

You have House of Clowns.

This is Homeboy the Clown

Entertainment right here.

Cartoonz Clowns.

This is

Hard 'N' the Paint Clowns.

Check it out.

This is that one and only...

Rocco the Clown

representin' True Clowns.

World Wide Clowns.

Y-K Clowns.

Get Em Up Clowns.

We were Get Em Up Clowns.

Now it's Get Em Up Soldiers.

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