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Strip Down, Rise Up

I never set outor intended to be the founder of a feminine movement practice

I never set out
or intended to be the founder of a feminine movement practice

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I never set out or intended to be the founder
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of a feminine movement practice.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:08
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Kavana Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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.
I was preparing for a movie where I was playing a stripper. - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:04
I was preparing for a movie where I was playing a stripper.
I became fascinated by pole dance. - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:04
I became fascinated by pole dance.
It felt so amazing - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:05
It felt so amazing
When you have been offended constantly - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:10
When you have been offended constantly
This lifestyle and practice - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:12
This lifestyle and practice
One day, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
One day,
It was a mom I didn't really know. She goes, um, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:13
It was a mom I didn't really know. She goes, um,
My kids came up against challenges, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
My kids came up against challenges,
The mothers and the fathers would not let their daughters come over here - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:08
The mothers and the fathers would not let their daughters co...
I eventually opened studios in Chicago, San Francisco, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
I eventually opened studios in Chicago, San Francisco,
When I first started, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
When I first started,
Even though I wasn't physically crying, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:06
Even though I wasn't physically crying,
I was just in a really, really dark, dark place. - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:04
I was just in a really, really dark, dark place.
It just felt like… - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:14
It just felt like…
When I first started, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:10
When I first started,
There's a fight happening - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:05
There's a fight happening
Between your lust and your fire - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
Between your lust and your fire
As a Black woman in the workplace, - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:07
As a Black woman in the workplace,
There's such a stigma around this idea of the angry Black woman. - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:06
There's such a stigma around this idea of the angry Bla...
That's been something that I really try to keep a handle on - Strip Down, Rise Up 00:10
That's been something that I really try to keep a handl...