Film

Save the Last Dance 2001

Directed by Thomas Carter

  • Drama, Family, Romance, Music
  • 113 min
  • PG-13

The only person you need to be is yourself.

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.

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