Colors Straight Up (1997)
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This documentary offers an inside look at Colors United, a performing-arts workshop set up as an after-school activity for at-risk teens at Jordan High School in the tough Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. As the students rehearse a musical theater piece (a musical update of Romeo and Juliet called… More This documentary offers an inside look at Colors United, a performing-arts workshop set up as an after-school activity for at-risk teens at Jordan High School in the tough Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. As the students rehearse a musical theater piece (a musical update of Romeo and Juliet called Watts Side Story), we learn more about the African-American and Latino teenagers involved in the project, as they struggle against the temptations of guns, drugs, and violence and use Colors United as a safe haven and a means of expressing their thoughts, fears, and aspirations. Colors Straight Up received an Academy Award nomination in 1997 for Best Documentary Feature. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Cynthia Turner, Kingston DuCouer
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 1, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Docurama
Critic Reviews
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Michael Szymanski, Wordmag.com
It's inspiring for school-age kids who are old enough to know that some of their friends out there are struggling.
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Bill Gibron, DVDTalk.com
Colors Straight Up! is not about to offer a fairytale version of life... Yet it doesn't allow enough of the real world in to satisfy your sense of outrage, either.
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James Rocchi, Netflix
Superb documentary about the power of art is compelling true-life drama.
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