Colors Straight Up (1997)

Name: Colors Straight Up
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-06-29T17:22:31+02:00

Documentary | 94 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 94 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Michèle Ohayon

IMDb score: 7,2 (81)

Releasedate: 31 October 1997

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Colors Straight Up plot

"It's the performance of their lives."

The focus is on 'Colors United', a drama workshop set up as an after-school activity for the students of Jordan High School in the troubled 'Watts' neighborhood in Los Angeles. While the young people rehearse for a theatrical performance, a musical based on 'Romeo & Juliet', entitled: 'Watts Side Story', the lives of African-American and Latino-American young people are highlighted. In their daily struggle against the temptations of firearms, drugs and violence, they already use 'Colors United' as a safe haven and a way to express their thoughts, fears and aspirations.