A 17-year-old high-school student sets her sights on being a professional ballerina, but she has to put her plans on hold when her mother is killed in a car accident and she is forced to move to her father's bleak Chicago neighborhood. Intimidated by inner-city life, she turns to the clubs for refuge, where she meets a young black man who shares her love for dancing. As their mutual respect evolves, they soon discover that peer pressure is a more formidable obstacle to romance than differences in race or class.
Production Cort/Madden Productions; MTV Films;
Cast Names Lora Starkman; Alice L. Walker; Jerod Howard; Marcello Robinson; Iashea Cross; Safia Jalila; Milauna Jemai; Julia Stiles; Sean Patrick Thomas; Kerry Washington; Fredro Starr; Terry Kinney; Bianca Lawson; Vince Green; Garland Whitt; Elisabeth Oas; Artel Great; Cory Stewart; Jennifer Anglin; Dorothy Martin; Kim Tlusty; Felicia Fields; Ora Jones; Tab Baker; Kevin Reid; Andrew Rothenberg; Mekdes Bruk; Ronald Ray; Tai'isha Davis; Karimah Westbrook;
Box Office USD 91,038,276
Release Date 2001-01-09 (premiere) 2001-01-12
Genres Drama; Music; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug
references.