The Carroll County Arts Center is showing a documentary film
STEP on January 26, 2018
“STEP” is an inspiring documentary of the senior year of a
girls’ high-school step dance team in inner-city Baltimore.
The film is sponsored by JeannieBird Baking Company and hosted
by FLIC - Film Lovers in Carroll County and Carroll Arts Center
Westminster Md. - The Carroll County Arts Center (CCAC) is
showing a Documentary film STEP on January 26, 2018 at 1 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.,
highlighting three Senior members of the STEP dance team @ the Baltimore
Leadership School for Young Women in Baltimore City.
The film documents their senior year preparing for the STEP
competition at Bowie State College along with preparation for college entrance.
The film shows the young women striving to be the first in their families to
attend college and make dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest
in the city.
According
to the JeannieBird Baking Company, “this Friday we’re sponsoring two showings
of the hip documentary Step at the @carrollartscenter AND we’ll be sampling
some of our sweets in the lobby before the evening show!
“STEP
is an inspiring documentary of the senior year of a girls’ high-school step
dance team in inner-city Baltimore. The evening screening will be followed with
a short step performance by The Lethal Ladies of BLYSW (pronounced bliss.)”
It won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Inspirational
Filmmaking at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best
Feature at the 2017 Sundance American Film Institute Doc’s Festival and the
NAACP Image Award.
The young women will be performing live after the movie and then
doing a Q&A from the audience. Jeannie Bird Bakery is sponsoring the film.
For more information go to www.CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org.
Film
Lovers in Carroll County
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W Main St, Westminster, Maryland 21157
