Royalty Hightower and Da'sean Minor as Toni and Jermaine in The Fits. 'Even when she's working with her brother in the boxing gym, we choreographed that sequence and really thought of it as dance.' Photo: Tayarisha Poe Anna Rose Holmer's debut feature The Fits premiered as part of the Biennale College at this year's Venice Film Festival. Her high energy drama stars newcomer Royalty Hightower as Toni and explores the fluid nature of adolescence that holds a wealth of possibilities for the youngster, who is beginning to make the transition from child to adult and is exploring what she wants from her own identity. Initially torn between the boxing world that she has learnt from her brother and his pals and the camaraderie and bonding offered by the school's dance drill team - a type of group dance popular in the Us and based on complex routines -...
- 9/5/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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