It is the kind of film that girls from all kinds of backgrounds can relate to, and I love that no one questioned for a minute that a character who looks like America Ferrera can dance. With more knowledge and hindsight, I couldn’t help but find it corny that the girls adopted the Cesar Chavez motto “Si Se Puede.” However, despite a few hiccups, the film’s positive message shines through, pointing out the importance of sisterhood and teamwork as well as self-empowerment. Bartlett (Susan Egan) to become the coach of their dance team. At a Southern California middle school with a largely Latin-American student population, Yolanda (America Ferrera) and Daisy (Camille Guaty) convince new biology teacher Ms.
#Gotta kick it up movie#
It was fun re-watching the film the other day, and I was a bit surprised to realize that the girls are in middle school because I swear when I was younger, I thought they were high schoolers. I have to admit this movie is a Ramon demendes film of wonder it involves dancing which is interesting because the coach of the dance team was actually a 9th grade biology teacher and it gets even more on interesting because the regionals was in San Diego so they had to set up a fundraiser and car wash to make enough money to go to regionals, and the most surprising parts of the movie is that. Join us as we watch 'Gotta Kick It Up' virtually through teams.
Gotta Kick It Up! is one of the few films to feature a minority in the lead roles, and it does a good job of showing a range of different types of characters and personalities, not relying too hard on stereotypes. Growing up in a multicultural household, I couldn’t help but gravitate toward a film that featured characters that look like me and my family. One of the reasons I chose Gotta Kick It Up! as our first pick is because of all the DCOMs, it’s one of the few that I can distinctly remember being excited to watch. It follows the story of a group of middle school girls, who guilt the new teacher, who used to be a dancer, into coaching the school’s dance team. Gotta Kick It Up, starring America Ferrera as Yolanda Yoli Vargas and Camille Guaty as Daisy Salinas, was based on a true story The dancing DCOM a group of Latina students at an under-resourced middle school in Southern California. A school dance team get a new lease of life thanks to a teacher who lets them in on the secret.
The film is written and directed by Ramón Menéndez, who also wrote the screenplay for the notable Latino drama, Tortilla Soup. A school dance team get a new lease of life thanks to a teacher who lets them in on the secret of Latin rhythms for a big competition. Gotta Kick It Up TV-G Comedy/Drama/Family 26 July 2002. It stars America Ferrera (before Ugly Betty), Camille Guaty ( who we interviewed recently!), and Susan Egan. The first film up is Gotta Kick It Up!, which premiered on Disney Channel on July 26, 2002. Gotta Kick It Up is written by TFA alum, Meghan Cole, and was based on her experience at Nimitz Middle School in Huntington Park, Los Angeles. Every Wednesday, we will revisit a Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) and share our thoughts on the film, why we loved it when we first watched it, and if the film is still as entertaining today.
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