Colors Straight Up (1997)

Directed by

Michèle Ohayon

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a nonprofit that teaches drama to inner city kids in Los Angeles. It shows them putting on a musical called Watts Side Story.

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What happens

Colors Straight Up is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Michèle Ohayon about the non-profit organization Colors United, which teaches drama to inner city youth. The film depicts the creation of a musical called Watts Side Story. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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