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Strip Down, Rise Up

Academy Award Nominated director Michèle Ohayon's Verite film follows women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds who heal trauma and body image shame through sensual dance and daring pole dance artistry.

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Michèle Ohayon

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Kavana Entertainment

Awards

1 nomination

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https://www.netflix.com/title/80208242

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Then I thought to myself,
"Maybe it's good I found out - Strip Down, Rise Up

Then I thought to myself, "Maybe it's good I found...

It has been six years
since I've had intercourse with a person. - Strip Down, Rise Up

It has been six years since I've had intercourse with a...

I think it's important in this circle
of naked truthing - Strip Down, Rise Up

I think it's important in this circle of naked truthing

Your body hasn't wanted to have sex
with another human being yet. - Strip Down, Rise Up

Your body hasn't wanted to have sex with another human ...

I haven't had my hair above my shoulders
in 20 years, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I haven't had my hair above my shoulders in 20 years,

Some people come in
just to learn how to pole dance, - Strip Down, Rise Up

Some people come in just to learn how to pole dance,

I've needed to fall apart for a long time
and I can't seem to do it. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I've needed to fall apart for a long time and I can...

Because if I fall, I don't know
that I'll put myself back together. - Strip Down, Rise Up

Because if I fall, I don't know that I'll put myse...

Every woman who walks in that door - Strip Down, Rise Up

Every woman who walks in that door

I know she's not asking
for emotional pain, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I know she's not asking for emotional pain,

And when you are working with her
in a responsible way to do that, - Strip Down, Rise Up

And when you are working with her in a responsible way to do...

But I also get that it's something - Strip Down, Rise Up

But I also get that it's something

So, by teaching, - Strip Down, Rise Up

So, by teaching,

- Um… 265?
- Yeah. - Strip Down, Rise Up

- Um… 265? - Yeah.

- Um, if 100 pounds is doable...
- Fourteen pounds a month for 100. - Strip Down, Rise Up

- Um, if 100 pounds is doable... - Fourteen pounds a month f...

All I did was calculate
seven months by 100 pounds, - Strip Down, Rise Up

All I did was calculate seven months by 100 pounds,

I wanna have
a thriving marriage, a healthy one. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I wanna have a thriving marriage, a healthy one.

It took you eight years to tell me
what happened to your body. - Strip Down, Rise Up

It took you eight years to tell me what happened to your bod...

That you kind of just went,
"Well, this happened." - Strip Down, Rise Up

That you kind of just went, "Well, this happened."

I was taken advantage of - Strip Down, Rise Up

I was taken advantage of

- It's time.
- It's just the excuse - Strip Down, Rise Up

- It's time. - It's just the excuse

And then having my own daughter,
and just… - Strip Down, Rise Up

And then having my own daughter, and just…

Except exist on the planet
as a female creature - Strip Down, Rise Up

Except exist on the planet as a female creature

So snap every fucking time you wanna say
something like, "Do what I did." - Strip Down, Rise Up

So snap every fucking time you wanna say something like, &qu...

Um, so, I… - Strip Down, Rise Up

Um, and that was… - Strip Down, Rise Up

Um, and that was…

I was a virgin. I had not had sex.
I was very insecure in my body. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I was a virgin. I had not had sex. I was very insecure in my...

And I began to feel
more comfortable with myself, - Strip Down, Rise Up

And I began to feel more comfortable with myself,

And it happened again twice in college,
um, two different times. - Strip Down, Rise Up

And it happened again twice in college, um, two different ti...

And I ended up comforting
the guy that raped me. - Strip Down, Rise Up

And I ended up comforting the guy that raped me.

I was 20 years old - Strip Down, Rise Up

I was 20 years old

I was sexually assaulted - Strip Down, Rise Up

I was sexually assaulted

For years afterwards, - Strip Down, Rise Up

For years afterwards,

I feel still really unsafe, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I feel still really unsafe,

I feel like a blob sometimes.
Like, I just feel so disconnected. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I feel like a blob sometimes. Like, I just feel so disconnec...

Pure terror, and it, um… - Strip Down, Rise Up

Pure terror, and it, um…

I really want to learn - Strip Down, Rise Up

I really want to learn

So that's basically why I'm here,
to really have a confidence within myself, - Strip Down, Rise Up

So that's basically why I'm here, to really have a...

- Well, I think you skipped me.
- Oh… sorry. - Strip Down, Rise Up

- Well, I think you skipped me. - Oh… sorry.

I have decided to go public
with what I do. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I have decided to go public with what I do.

My husband found my Instagram account
before I was able to tell him, - Strip Down, Rise Up

My husband found my Instagram account before I was able to t...

I've allowed my husband
to control me for a very long time, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I've allowed my husband to control me for a very long t...

There's people who question me and say, - Strip Down, Rise Up

There's people who question me and say,

There are women
who become so full and so rich - Strip Down, Rise Up

There are women who become so full and so rich

And the loves that they're with,
the men that they're with, - Strip Down, Rise Up

And the loves that they're with, the men that they'...

Not only are the women gonna grow, - Strip Down, Rise Up

Not only are the women gonna grow,

What I'm talking about
is an entire paradigm shift - Strip Down, Rise Up

What I'm talking about is an entire paradigm shift

I think you all know that I've
invited some masculine energy here. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I think you all know that I've invited some masculine e...

I think it would be really,
really helpful for you - Strip Down, Rise Up

I think it would be really, really helpful for you

They cultivate that ability - Strip Down, Rise Up

They cultivate that ability

One of the things I love
when I bring masculine presence - Strip Down, Rise Up

One of the things I love when I bring masculine presence

Their one goal is
to make you feel loved and seen - Strip Down, Rise Up

Their one goal is to make you feel loved and seen

This can be incredibly healing - Strip Down, Rise Up

This can be incredibly healing

Feel what it feels like to truly be seen - Strip Down, Rise Up

Feel what it feels like to truly be seen

- I just miss him.
- Mmm. - Strip Down, Rise Up

- I just miss him. - Mmm.

I never got to come out
to my father while he was alive, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I never got to come out to my father while he was alive,

So I'd like to have
that feeling of acceptance, - Strip Down, Rise Up

So I'd like to have that feeling of acceptance,

I think of women
that I've been with in my life, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I think of women that I've been with in my life,

I have tons of regrets
of the way that I would treat women. - Strip Down, Rise Up

I have tons of regrets of the way that I would treat women.

Being with you was that… - Strip Down, Rise Up

Being with you was that…

What I wasn't expecting is
how almost all of us became frozen. - Strip Down, Rise Up

What I wasn't expecting is how almost all of us became ...

Um, and you're like, - Strip Down, Rise Up

Um, and you're like,

And when I held my arms back… - Strip Down, Rise Up

And when I held my arms back…

I don't think I've ever done that
with anyone in my entire life, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I don't think I've ever done that with anyone in m...

Larry Nassar used to be
an absolute god to me, - Strip Down, Rise Up

Larry Nassar used to be an absolute god to me,

He was an unwarranted intruder - Strip Down, Rise Up

He was an unwarranted intruder

My little child self knew
something was wrong, - Strip Down, Rise Up

My little child self knew something was wrong,

As she tried so hard
to keep trusting this man - Strip Down, Rise Up

As she tried so hard to keep trusting this man

"How could I let that happen?" - Strip Down, Rise Up

"How could I let that happen?"

I couldn't trust anyone
to keep me safe back then, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I couldn't trust anyone to keep me safe back then,

I'm intensely vigilant
that someone, somewhere, - Strip Down, Rise Up

I'm intensely vigilant that someone, somewhere,

I will do what it takes - Strip Down, Rise Up

I will do what it takes

On Twitter,
there's actually somebody - Strip Down, Rise Up

On Twitter, there's actually somebody

He would send people I know
videos of men cumming on my face. - Strip Down, Rise Up

He would send people I know videos of men cumming on my face...

Here's a pole dance video
that I posted on YouTube. - Strip Down, Rise Up

Here's a pole dance video that I posted on YouTube.

Of course, some user named "bug man" - Strip Down, Rise Up

Of course, some user named "bug man"

"Watch, drain your balls, or squirt,
this woman is very good at her job." - Strip Down, Rise Up

"Watch, drain your balls, or squirt, this woman is very...

And I don't think it is, but also,
"Why do you care?" - Strip Down, Rise Up

And I don't think it is, but also, "Why do you car...

The hardest thing
after we go through social ostracization - Strip Down, Rise Up

The hardest thing after we go through social ostracization

- Oh, my God, you're here! Come!
- How are you? - Strip Down, Rise Up

- Oh, my God, you're here! Come! - How are you?

I'm nervous
about all the different ways - Strip Down, Rise Up

I'm nervous about all the different ways

Tomorrow, I am beginning
a weight loss journey. - Strip Down, Rise Up

Tomorrow, I am beginning a weight loss journey.

I am terrified of the safety
of holding on to my weight - Strip Down, Rise Up

I am terrified of the safety of holding on to my weight

Over the last 12 years, - Strip Down, Rise Up

Over the last 12 years,

I truly believe
that the moment my healing started - Strip Down, Rise Up

I truly believe that the moment my healing started

I didn't know until seven,
eight years ago - Strip Down, Rise Up

I didn't know until seven, eight years ago

I can only imagine
what she went through - Strip Down, Rise Up

I can only imagine what she went through

And I know
how important forgiveness is to a person, - Strip Down, Rise Up

And I know how important forgiveness is to a person,

She is putting her life out there, - Strip Down, Rise Up

She is putting her life out there,

I'm releasing any ounce of the rape - Strip Down, Rise Up

I'm releasing any ounce of the rape

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Academy Award Nominated director Michèle Ohayon's Verite film follows women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds who heal trauma and body image shame through sensual dance and daring pole dance artistry.

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Director: Michèle Ohayon

Writer: Michèle Ohayon

Production: Kavana Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 Feb 2021

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/80208242